{"product_id":"2026200014294-secondhand-select-documents-in-australian-history-1788-1850-vol-i","title":"Select Documents In Australian History 1788-1850: Vol I","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBefore Australia was a nation, it was a story written in dispatches, letters, journals, and proclamations — and Select Documents in Australian History 1788–1850: Vol I compiles the most illuminating of these primary sources into a single, indispensable volume. Edited by the eminent Australian historian Manning Clark, this collection chronicles the formative decades of European settlement on the continent, from the arrival of the First Fleet to the mid-nineteenth century, presenting the raw and unfiltered voices of convicts, governors, explorers, and settlers who shaped a nascent society from the ground up.\n\nClark's editorial genius lies in his ability to curate documents that together paint a vivid and often confronting portrait of colonial Australia — a world defined by authority and rebellion, hardship and ambition, dispossession and discovery. His selection draws from official government correspondence, private diaries, and landmark legal texts, offering scholars and general readers alike a direct window into a period of profound transformation. As the essential first volume in a landmark series, it raises as many questions about the foundations of Australian identity as it answers, leaving the reader to grapple with the complex legacy of those turbulent early years.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49161020637403,"sku":"2026200014294-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/b5097c18-1b24-478c-868a-3aa2abf6c6e8.png?v=1787189213","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200014294-secondhand-select-documents-in-australian-history-1788-1850-vol-i","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}