Australian Discovery and Colonisation (Volume I)

Milsons Point, NSW: Currawong, 1981. 8vo, cloth boards, dustjacket, b&w plates, pp 246. Very good condn in good d.j.

First published in 1865, facsimile edition. "The original work was publshed in five parts; the facsimile is published in two volumes. This volume covers the author's views regarding the origins of the land and its native people; possible pre-European discovery; known European discovery; and the trials of early colonisation up to and including the term of Governor Hunter" (publisher). 2000 copies printed. Item #91689

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