1787 /
Brodie, Nicholas Dean,1981-author.
AUSTRALASIAN & PACIFIC HISTORY. AUSTRALIAN. For over 200 years Australia's official history has focused on English colonisation and 'discovery', with tales of British explorers and first generation white Australians navigating the vast and unfriendly land. But what of the millennia before the English claimed Australia as their own and wrote the history books? 1787 traces the journey of Australia before the infamous 1788 date, to explore just how 'discovered' the southern continent was by not only the Indigenous Australians who had lived and prospered for thousands of years, but also the sailors, traders, fishermen and many others who had visited our shores.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Not a prologue -- Part one: Circa 1606-7 (1. The monk's chronicle ; 2. Nations and islands ; 3. The Moor's tale) -- Part two: In libris, 1644-1699 (4. A cartographical genesis ; 5. Tasman's literary horizon ; 6. The Englishman and the Australians) -- Part three; The eastern front: 1770 (7. The dawn of eternity ; 8. Intrusion ; 9. Campsite colnialism ; 10. Affixing flags) -- Part four: Forward operating bases, 1771-1777 (11. Frederick Henry Bay, 1772 ; 12. Adventure Bay, 1773 and 1777 ; 13. Ship Cove, 1777, 1770-1773 ; 14. Ship Cove, 1773-1777) -- Part five: On the arbitrariness of epochs, 1787-1788 (15. Beyond 1787) -- Nor an epilogue.
AUSTRALASIAN & PACIFIC HISTORY. AUSTRALIAN. For over 200 years Australia's official history has focused on English colonisation and 'discovery', with tales of British explorers and first generation white Australians navigating the vast and unfriendly land. But what of the millennia before the English claimed Australia as their own and wrote the history books? 1787 traces the journey of Australia before the infamous 1788 date, to explore just how 'discovered' the southern continent was by not only the Indigenous Australians who had lived and prospered for thousands of years, but also the sailors, traders, fishermen and many others who had visited our shores.
Discoveries in geography.