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The First Fleet
Author | : Alan Frost |
Publsiher | : Black Inc. |
Total Pages | : 274 |
Release | : 2012-12-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781921870576 |
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“Alan Frost is the myth-buster of Australian history...His work should be studied not only by students but anyone interested in the birth of a nation.” — the Age In 1787 a convoy of eleven ships, carrying about 1400 people, set out from England for Botany Bay. According to the conventional account, it was a shambolic affair: under-prepared, poorly equipped and ill-disciplined. Robert Hughes condemned the organisers’ “muddle and lack of foresight”, while Manning Clark described scenes of “indescribable misery and confusion”. In The First Fleet: The Real Story, Alan Frost draws on previously forgotten records to debunk these persistent myths. He shows that the voyage was in fact meticulously planned – reflecting its importance to the British government’s secret ambitions for imperial expansion. He examines the ships and supplies, passengers and behind-the-scenes discussions. In the process, he reveals the hopes and schemes of those who planned the voyage, and the experiences of those who made it. ‘It is almost certain that Frost knows more than anybody else about the early maritime history of this land ... This book will surely alter the way Sydney sees its history.’ — Geoffrey Blainey, The Weekend Australian
The First Fleet
Author | : Rob Mundle |
Publsiher | : HarperCollins Australia |
Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2014-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781460700624 |
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A biography of unprecedented expedition under sail The role of the sailor through history should never be underestimated. Over centuries battles were won and new lands discovered and settled by their skills and nerve. Rob Mundle is back on the ocean to tell one of the great stories of an expedition under sail: the extraordinary eight-month, 17-000-nautical mile voyage of the First Fleet. With customary sweep and swell, Mundle puts you alongside 48-year-old Captain Arthur Phillip on the quarterdeck of the Royal Navy escort, HMS Sirius, as he commands his small armada of 11 ships, carrying over 1420 men, women and children, to the other side of the world.
The First Fleet Piano Volume One
Author | : Geoffrey Lancaster |
Publsiher | : ANU Press |
Total Pages | : 919 |
Release | : 2015-11-03 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9781922144652 |
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During the late eighteenth century, a musical–cultural phenomenon swept the globe. The English square piano—invented in the early 1760s by an entrepreneurial German guitar maker in London—not only became an indispensable part of social life, but also inspired the creation of an expressive and scintillating repertoire. Square pianos reinforced music as life’s counterpoint, and were played by royalty, by musicians of the highest calibre and by aspiring amateurs alike. On Sunday, 13 May 1787, a square piano departed from Portsmouth on board the Sirius, the flagship of the First Fleet, bound for Botany Bay. Who made the First Fleet piano, and when was it made? Who owned it? Who played it, and who listened? What music did the instrument sound out, and within what contexts was its voice heard? What became of the First Fleet piano after its arrival on antipodean soil, and who played a part in the instrument’s subsequent history? Two extant instruments contend for the title ‘First Fleet piano’; which of these made the epic journey to Botany Bay in 1787–88? The First Fleet Piano: A Musician’s View answers these questions, and provides tantalising glimpses of social and cultural life both in Georgian England and in the early colony at Sydney Cove. The First Fleet piano is placed within the musical and social contexts for which it was created, and narratives of the individuals whose lives have been touched by the instrument are woven together into an account of the First Fleet piano’s conjunction with the forces of history. View ‘The First Fleet Piano: Volume Two Appendices’. Note: Volume 1 and 2 are sold as a set ($180 for both) and cannot be purchased separately.
The First Fleet
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Author | : Alan Boardman,Alan Harvey |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 29 |
Release | : 1997-01-01 |
Genre | : Australia |
ISBN | : 1863887091 |
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Botany Bay and the First Fleet
Author | : Alan Frost |
Publsiher | : Black Inc. |
Total Pages | : 407 |
Release | : 2019-06-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781743820995 |
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Now in one definitive volume, Botany Bay and the First Fleet is a full, authentic account of the beginnings of modern Australia. In 1787 a convoy of eleven ships, carrying about 1400 people, set out from England for Botany Bay, on the east coast of New South Wales. In deciding on Botany Bay, British authorities hoped not only to rid Britain of its excess criminals, but also to gain a key strategic outpost and take control of valuable natural resources. According to the conventional account, it was a shambolic affair: under-prepared, poorly equipped and ill-disciplined. Here, Alan Frost debunks these myths, and shows that the voyage was in fact meticulously planned – reflecting its importance to Britain’s imperial and commercial ambitions. In his examination of the ships, passengers and preparation, Frost reveals the hopes and schemes of those who engineered the voyage, and the experiences of those who made it. The culmination of thirty-five years’ study of previously neglected archives, Botany Bay and the First Fleet offers new and surprising insights into how Australia came to be.
First Fleet
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : Photography |
ISBN | : 1942084587 |
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The photographs in First Fleet serve as a time capsule of a unique time in the history of manned spaceflight.
1788
Author | : David Hill |
Publsiher | : Random House Australia |
Total Pages | : 507 |
Release | : 2010-10-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781864714159 |
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An extraordinary narrative history of the First Fleet, by the bestselling author of The Forgotten Children. Never before or since has there been an experiment quite as bold as this. Set against the backdrop of Georgian England with its peculiar mix of elegance, prosperity, progress and squalor, the story of the First Fleet is one of courage, of short-sightedness, of tragedy but above all of extraordinary resilience. It is also, of course, the story of the very first European Australians, reluctant pioneers who travelled into the unknown - the vast majority against their will - in order to form a colony by order of the King's government. Separated from loved ones and travelling in cramped conditions for the months-long journey to Botany Bay, they suffered the most unbearable hardship on arrival on Australian land where a near-famine dictated that rations be cut to the bone. But why was the settlement of New South Wales proposed in the first place? Who were the main players in a story that changed the world and ultimately forged the Australian nation? How did the initial skirmishes with the indigenous population break out and how did the relationship turn sour so quickly? Using diaries, letters and official records, David Hill artfully reconstructs the experiences of these famous and infamous men and women of history, combining narrative skill with an eye for detail and an exceptional empathy with the people of the past.
The game s ultimate summoner
Author | : Xu Ze gang |
Publsiher | : Publicationsbooks |
Total Pages | : 1277 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781304448408 |
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Main occupations: samurai, magician, archer, thief, assassin, summoner, priest, seven occupations and (hidden occupation) life occupation: blacksmith, tailor, pharmacist, construction, mining, logging, gathering, all players in the seven occupations are called novice samurai before they start to change jobs: according to the change of jobs, they can learn first-class skills, and black iron warriors can learn second-class skills.