John Dunmore Lang

An Historical and Statistical Account of New South Wales, Both as a Penal Settlement and as a British Colony

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Produktbeschreibung

Published in 1834, Lang's two-volume work advocates immigration and investment in his adopted country, Australia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 422
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 592g
• ISBN-13: 9781108030755
• ISBN-10: 1108030750
• Artikelnr.: 33399040

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; 1. Progressive discovery of the coasts of New Holland; 2.
Establishment of a British colony at Port Jackson, under the government of
Captain Arthur Phillip, R.N.; 3. General state of the colony during the
administrations of Governors Hunter and King; 4. State of the colony during
the administration of Governor Bligh, with an account of the origin and
result of the Colonial Rebellion of 1808; 5. Account of the state and
progress of the colony during the government of Major-General Macquarie; 6.
Account of the state and progress of the colony under the government of
Major-General Sir Thomas Brisbane, K.C.B.; 7. Account of the state and
progress of the colony during the government of Lieutenant-General Darling;
8. View of the present state of the colony under the government of
Major-General Bourke; 9. View of the present state of agriculture and of
the agricultural interest in New South Wales; Appendix.