Download or read book South Head Sydney and the Origins of Watsons Bay written by Robin Derricourt and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The year 1788 brought to Sydney Cove the first Europeans to settle in Australia, under the command of Governor designate Arthur Phillip. Leaving Botany Bay he sailed past South Head into Port Jackson, camped the night at the future Watsons Bay, and proceeded up the harbour the next day to establish the town of Sydney. South Head and the area of Watsons Bay would then play a major role in the new colony. Here was the home of a Lookout and Signal Station (still operating today) to alert incoming ships to the location of the town and townsmen to the imminent arrival of vessels. Here too was the location of the first lighthouse in Australia. The first settlers returned to Watsons Bay for recreation, as they do today, and convicts escaping the penal colony by boat had to slip past South Head at night. This short illustrated survey of one of the most historically significant places in Australia examines its Aboriginal heritage, its multiple roles in the early colony, and its development for military defence, as a pilot station, and to adapt to the needs of a growing and diverse community.
Download or read book Pictorial History Eastern Suburbs written by Alan Sharpe and published by Kingsclear Books Pty Ltd. This book was released on 1999 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales written by John Dunmore Lang and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-10-22 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1875. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Download or read book The Birth of Sydney written by Tim Flannery and published by Open Road + Grove/Atlantic. This book was released on 2015-01-07 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author of the #1 international bestseller, The Weather Makers, provides a stunning portrait of Australia’s cultural capital. Sydney, Australia, is one of the world’s most beautiful and fascinating cities, home to over five million people and a popular tourist destination. In The Birth of Sydney, scientist and historian Tim Flannery blends the writings of Australian explorers, settlers, leaders, journalists, and visitors to construct a compelling narrative history of the great metropolis—from its founding as a remote penal colony of the British Empire in 1788 to its emergence as a vital trading power in the nineteenth century. Together, their voices and experiences create an unforgettable panoramic portrait of the early life of the majestic harbor city.
Download or read book History of New South Wales from the Records Phillip and Grose 1789 1794 written by George Burnett Barton and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sydney written by Evan McHugh and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Previous ed.: published by Evan McHugh, 1999.
Download or read book A Companion to Australian Literature Since 1900 written by Nicholas Birns and published by Camden House. This book was released on 2007 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fresh twenty-first century look at Australian literature in a broad, inclusive and multicultural sense.
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Download or read book The Gold Colonies of Australia Comprising Their History Territorial Divisions Produce and Capabilities how to Get to the Gold Mines and Every Advice to Emigrants written by George Butler Earp and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Sydney s Century written by Peter Spearritt and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this lively portrait of Sydney's development, Peter Spearritt traces a century in the life of the city - from the celebrations of the Federation of Australia in 1901 to the 2000 Olympic Games. He describes the extra-ordinary growth of the city and its sprawling suburbs, and the transition from a port and a manufacturing center to an international financial hub.
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Australia written by and published by Rough Guides UK. This book was released on 2012-08-02 with total page 1064 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Rough Guide to Australia is your indispensable guide to one of the most unmissable countries on earth. Packed with practical information on once-in-a-lifetime experiences in Oz, from sunrise walks around Uluru to viewing Kangaroo Island's wild seals, sea lions, kangaroos and koalas; bush-camping safaris in UNESCO World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park to exhilarating helicopter flights down the dramatic gorges of Aboriginal-owned Nitmiluk National Park - not forgetting the stunning harbour side bars and restaurants of Sydney. Written by a team of widely-travelled, dedicated authors, this Rough Guide will help you to discover the best hotels, restaurants, cafes, shops and festivals around Australia, whatever your budget. Plus, you'll find expert background on Australia's history, wildlife, cinema and fascinating aboriginal culture and the clearest maps of any guide. Make the most of your trip with The Rough Guide to Australia.
Download or read book An historical and statistical account of New South Wales written by John Dunmore Lang and published by . This book was released on 1852 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book DK Eyewitness Travel Guide Sydney written by and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Now available in PDF format. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Sydney will lead you through the best attractions the city has to offer, including fully illustrated coverage of all the major sights from Sydney Opera House to Taronga Zoo. The fully updated guide includes unique illustrated cutaways, floor plans, and reconstructions of the city's architecture, plus a city map clearly marked with attractions from the guidebook and an easy-to-use street index. DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Sydney provides all the insider tips you need, whether you're enjoying a boat tour around Sydney Harbour or eating breakfast on Bondi Beach. Detailed listings will guide you to hotels, restaurants, nightlife, and entertainment for all budgets. Street maps guide you through the city, and include reliable information on getting around. With up-to-date information on getting around by car, train, bus, ferry, and on foot-plus all the sights, beaches, festivals, and pubs listed by area, DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Sydney is your essential travel companion.
Download or read book Time Tide and History written by and published by Sydney University Press. This book was released on 2024-06-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time, Tide and History: Eleanor Dark’s Fiction is the first book-length edited collection of scholarly essays to treat the full span of Eleanor Dark’s fiction, advancing a recent revival of critical and scholarly interest in Dark’s writing. This volume not only establishes a new view of Dark’s fiction as a whole, but also reflects on the ways in which her fiction speaks to our present moment, in the context of a globally fraught, post-pandemic, Anthropocene era. Above all, the revisiting of Dark’s fiction is mandated by a desire to recognise the ways in which it anticipates vital debates in Australian literary and national culture today, about settler colonialism and its legacies, and with regard to the histories, condition and status of Australia’s First Nations people. This volume interweaves varied topical themes, from formal debates about modernism, historical realism and melodrama, to questions about modernity’s time and space, about gender and cultural difference, and about the specifics of built and natural environments. Time, Tide and History intentionally loosens the conventions of literary scholarship by including other kinds of work alongside critical and scholarly readings: a written dialogue between two contemporary historians about Dark’s legacy, and a biographical piece on the life and role of Eleanor Dark’s husband, Eric Payten Dark. Bringing together the interwar fiction’s feminist and modernist dimensions with the historical turn of The Timeless Land trilogy, the essays in Time, Tide and History collectively pursue ethical and political questions while teasing out the distinctive thematic, formal and aesthetic features of Dark’s fiction.
