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Now in one definitive volume, Botany Bay and the First Fleet is a full, authentic account of the beginnings of modern Australia. In 1787 a convoy of eleven ship

“Alan Frost is the myth-buster of Australian history...His work should be studied not only by students but anyone interested in the birth of a nation.” —

This book digs deeper and sheds new light on the decision to start a colony in Australia. He examines the impact of the American War of Independence and Britain

A biography of unprecedented expedition under sail The role of the sailor through history should never be underestimated. Over centuries battles were won and ne

Challenges the web of powerful images which has shaped academic and popular thinking on the early settlement period. The first dozen years of European settlemen