Growing Up In Macquarie's Sydney
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
In the raw, formative years of colonial New South Wales, childhood was a world apart — shaped by convict chains, military order, and the ambitious vision of Governor Lachlan Macquarie. Growing Up In Macquarie's Sydney chronicles the lives of children who came of age in one of history's most extraordinary urban experiments, painting a vivid portrait of early Sydney as it transformed from a penal outpost into a fledgling civic society. A.T. Yarwood presents the experiences of young colonists, drawing on historical records to illuminate the domestic, educational, and social forces that defined their formative years in a city being built almost from scratch. Yarwood brings a scholar's rigour and a storyteller's sensitivity to this richly detailed account of colonial childhood, grounding personal histories within the sweeping political and cultural currents of the Macquarie era (1810–1821). The work stands as an important contribution to Australian social history, illuminating how notions of family, class, and identity were negotiated in a society unlike any other on earth. Readers curious about the human story behind Australia's colonial foundations will find this an indispensable and quietly compelling read.
Author: A.T. Yarwood
Format: Hardback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
In the raw, formative years of colonial New South Wales, childhood was a world apart — shaped by convict chains, military order, and the ambitious vision of Governor Lachlan Macquarie. Growing Up In Macquarie's Sydney chronicles the lives of children who came of age in one of history's most extraordinary urban experiments, painting a vivid portrait of early Sydney as it transformed from a penal outpost into a fledgling civic society. A.T. Yarwood presents the experiences of young colonists, drawing on historical records to illuminate the domestic, educational, and social forces that defined their formative years in a city being built almost from scratch. Yarwood brings a scholar's rigour and a storyteller's sensitivity to this richly detailed account of colonial childhood, grounding personal histories within the sweeping political and cultural currents of the Macquarie era (1810–1821). The work stands as an important contribution to Australian social history, illuminating how notions of family, class, and identity were negotiated in a society unlike any other on earth. Readers curious about the human story behind Australia's colonial foundations will find this an indispensable and quietly compelling read.