Wellingtons Men In Australia Peninsular War Veterans And The Making Of Empire C 182040
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 2011
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9780230252301
Description: "An exploration of the little-known yet historically important emigration of British army officers to the Australian colonies in the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars. The book looks at the significant impact they made at a time of great colonial expansion, particularly in new south Wales with its transition from a convict colony to a free society"--