Sydney Cove: 1788
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
In the turbulent year of 1788, a fleet of eleven ships carrying convicts, marines, and officials anchored in the sheltered waters of Sydney Cove, marking the birth of a European settlement that would forever alter the course of a continent's history. Sydney Cove 1788 chronicles this momentous founding year of the Australian colony with meticulous detail, drawing on first-hand accounts, journals, and official dispatches to reconstruct the daily realities faced by those who established what would become the city of Sydney. John Cobley presents a vivid, ground-level portrait of colonial life — the struggles for survival, the fraught relationships between the new settlers and the Indigenous Eora people, and the raw human drama of those who arrived in chains and those who held the keys. Written with the authority of a thorough historian and the narrative skill of a storyteller, this work stands as an essential document in the canon of Australian colonial history, inviting readers to witness the precarious, defining moments of a nation's uncertain beginning.
Author: John Cobley
Format: Hardback
Published: 1963, Hodder and Stoughton
Genre: Australian history
Edition: 2nd pr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and corners
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: Previous owner
In the turbulent year of 1788, a fleet of eleven ships carrying convicts, marines, and officials anchored in the sheltered waters of Sydney Cove, marking the birth of a European settlement that would forever alter the course of a continent's history. Sydney Cove 1788 chronicles this momentous founding year of the Australian colony with meticulous detail, drawing on first-hand accounts, journals, and official dispatches to reconstruct the daily realities faced by those who established what would become the city of Sydney. John Cobley presents a vivid, ground-level portrait of colonial life — the struggles for survival, the fraught relationships between the new settlers and the Indigenous Eora people, and the raw human drama of those who arrived in chains and those who held the keys. Written with the authority of a thorough historian and the narrative skill of a storyteller, this work stands as an essential document in the canon of Australian colonial history, inviting readers to witness the precarious, defining moments of a nation's uncertain beginning.