Botany Bay : where histories meet
The first cultural history of one of the most significant Australian historical sites. From Captain Cook's first landfall to the present, it brings together the histories of white and black Australia
History
1 online resource (xiv, 256 pages) : illustrations, maps
9781741154887, 174115488X
62708783
Title page; Contents; List of figures (Images removed due to copyright restrictions); Acknowledgements; Introduction: The road to Botany Bay; 1 A place for stories: Captain Cook, colonial origins and hairy wild men; 2 Sydney's backdoor: Isolating the city's unwanted at Botany Bay; 3 Boomerangs for sale: Tourism in the birthplace of the nation; 4 A little piece of France: Commemorating the French at Botany Bay; 5 From shantytowns to suburbs: botany Bay's residential landscape; 6 The past as future: Industrial development and environmental politics
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