Across great divides : true stories of life at Sydney Cove
Boyer, Susan E.2013
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This book examines the experiences of convicts, the military and Aborigines when the First Fleet arrived in Sydney Cove. The stories bring to life the diverse experiences of people living in the precarious circumstance of Australia's first penal colony.
Main title:
Across great divides : true stories of life at Sydney Cove / by Susan E Boyer.
Author:
Imprint:
Glenbrook, N.S.W. : Birrong Books, 2013.
Collation:
313 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Maps of Sydney Cove, etc.Ships of the First FleetIntroduction - setting the sceneThe end and the beginningFirst encountersA line in the sandStrange comings and goingsSydney Cove, 1788ReflectionsDifferent yes - different sightsIssues and challengesA night of revelryThe governor's speechStrange appearances and disappearancesCreatures, great and smallA beating for a beatingView from the ridgeBeyond the boundaryThe Kable's storyInto the wild blue yonderInto the unknown wildernessFriends and thievesFrustration and progressThe rush-cutter incidentAcross the social divideAcross the racial divideRose HillAn opportunity not to be missedKidnaps and adoptionsInto the vast unknown, 1789'A most unpleasant service'Teachers and studentsImpatient for newsSurvival tacticsCrucial decisionsThe escapeThoughts of freedomLetters and questionsThe Second Fleet, 1790Mayhem at Manly, 1790Making amendsPemulwayRetaliationConflict and bunglesGrowth and adjustmentLife and deathForward planningNew territoryGreat escapesFamily mattersArrivals and departuresNanberry and BallooderryMaurgoran's familyMore goodbyesA time of transitionPondering the known and the unknownIllustrations of relevant peopleNotes on sources.
ISBN:
9781877074424 (paperback)
Dewey class:
994.402
Language:
English
Subject:
Aboriginal Australians -- BiographyFirst Fleet, 1787-1788Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions -- 1788-1901Aboriginal Australians -- Sydney region (NSW) -- HistoryConvicts -- Australia -- BiographyConvicts -- New South Wales -- HistoryPenal colonies -- New South WalesAboriginal Australians -- First contact with EuropeansSydney (N.S.W.) -- History -- 1788-1851New South Wales -- History -- 1788-1851Sydney Cove settlement (NSW) -- History
BRN:
55332
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Reference | 994.402 ACR | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |