Sydney Cove 1788 / Sydney Cove 1789 To 1790 / Sydney Cove 1791 To 1792
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: rev ed
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Slipcase: good.
At the edge of the known world, a fleet of eleven ships arrived at a desolate harbour in January 1788, carrying the condemned, the desperate, and the ambitious — and from this unlikely beginning, a nation was born. John Cobley's three-volume Sydney Cove series chronicles the earliest years of the British penal colony at Port Jackson with meticulous and gripping detail, drawing on firsthand journals, official dispatches, and contemporary accounts to reconstruct daily life in what would become Sydney, Australia. Spanning the tumultuous years of 1788 through 1792, the series documents the struggles of convicts and their marine guards, the uneasy encounters with the Eora people, the constant threat of starvation, and the fragile political order imposed by Governor Arthur Phillip upon a society built from the ground up. Cobley writes with the precision of a historian and the narrative command of a storyteller, presenting primary source material in a way that is both scholarly and compulsively readable. Each volume builds upon the last, deepening the reader's understanding of colonial power, human endurance, and the contested foundations of modern Australia. This landmark series remains an indispensable record for anyone seeking to understand not just how Australia began, but what it truly cost — and who truly paid the price.
Author: John Cobley
Format: Hardback
Published: 1980, Angus & Robertson
Genre: Australian history
Edition: rev ed
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Slipcase: good.
At the edge of the known world, a fleet of eleven ships arrived at a desolate harbour in January 1788, carrying the condemned, the desperate, and the ambitious — and from this unlikely beginning, a nation was born. John Cobley's three-volume Sydney Cove series chronicles the earliest years of the British penal colony at Port Jackson with meticulous and gripping detail, drawing on firsthand journals, official dispatches, and contemporary accounts to reconstruct daily life in what would become Sydney, Australia. Spanning the tumultuous years of 1788 through 1792, the series documents the struggles of convicts and their marine guards, the uneasy encounters with the Eora people, the constant threat of starvation, and the fragile political order imposed by Governor Arthur Phillip upon a society built from the ground up. Cobley writes with the precision of a historian and the narrative command of a storyteller, presenting primary source material in a way that is both scholarly and compulsively readable. Each volume builds upon the last, deepening the reader's understanding of colonial power, human endurance, and the contested foundations of modern Australia. This landmark series remains an indispensable record for anyone seeking to understand not just how Australia began, but what it truly cost — and who truly paid the price.