William Cox, Blue Mountains road builder and pastoralist
Cox, Richard2012
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William Cox was a soldier, road builder, and pioneering pastoralist in the colony of New South Wales. He made his name building the road across the Blue Mountains in 1814. In this biography, Richard Cox a descendant gives the details of William Cox's life
Main title:
William Cox, Blue Mountains road builder and pastoralist / by Richard Cox
Author:
Imprint:
Kenthurst NSW Rosenberg Publishing 2012
Collation:
312 pages illustrations (some colour) facsimiles
Notes:
9781921719530 (pbk.)
Contents:
A contradictory characterAn English gentleman with no moneyEmigration - hostile ships, storms and mutiniesThe second largest landowner in two years, bankrupt in threeRehabilitated as Macquarie's protegeThe challenge of the Blue MountainsMount York defeatedA family enterpriseThe perquisites of officeToughtly interviewed by Commissioner BiggeA wife drowned and a new marriageDispossessing the AboriginesThe exclusives lose their dominanceThe Cox Dynasty established
Dewey class:
BIOGRAPHY COXBIOGRAPHY
Language:
English
Subject:
Cox, William, 1764-1837Cox family (Mulgoa, NSW, history)Pioneers -- Hawkesbury region (NSW) -- BiographyCox, William, 1764-1837 -- Journeys -- Blue Mountains (N.S.W.)Pastoral industry -- New South Wales -- History -- 1788-1851Roads -- Blue Mountains (N.S.W.) -- HistorySoldiers -- New South Wales -- BiographyHawkesbury region (NSW) -- HistoryNew South Wales -- History -- 1788-1851
BRN:
99909
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research | Local Book | BIOGRAPHY COX | Not for loan (Set: 10 Feb 2016) |