Settlement of Australia

Date Created

1937

Identifier

Special Collections: DU80 .RZ35

Publisher

Golden Cockerel Press

Description

The frontispiece to this gorgeous volume captures the adventure associated with the settlement of Australia. Though the documents do not constitute a travel narrative, their connections with the moment of origin provide their intended readers with the same sense of national pride and discovery that attracted readers of the contemporary accounts.

Source

The first fleet : the record of the foundation of Australia from its conception to the settlement at Sydney Cove. Compiled from the original documents in the Public record office...

Files

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Citation

Rutter, Owen, 1889-1944, “Settlement of Australia,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed November 16, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/index.php/items/show/7566.