Botany Bay: The Real Story

For the first time in two hundred years, here is a full and authentic account of the...
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Author: Alan Frost
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Language: English
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Botany Bay: The Real Story by Frost, Alan

Botany Bay: The Real Story

$39.93

Botany Bay: The Real Story

$39.93
Author: Alan Frost
Format: Paperback
Language: English

For the first time in two hundred years, here is a full and authentic account of the beginnings of modern Australia.

We all know the conventional story. Established as a dumping ground for Britain's criminals, Australia owes its existence simply to overcrowded jails and a daunting remoteness from everywhere else.

In Botany Bay: The Real Story, Alan Frost goes beyond these clich s to shed new light on the decision to settle New South Wales. He examines the hopes and fears of the politicians who took the decision, and the larger commercial and military needs that underwrote it.

In the years before the First Fleet sailed, Frost reveals, British authorities considered sending convicts to sites in North and South America, Africa and New Zealand. In deciding on Botany Bay, they 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.

The culmination of thirty-five years' study of previously neglected archives, Botany Bay is a groundbreaking work that offers new and surprising insights into how Australia came to be.



Author: Alan Frost
Publisher: Black Inc.
Published: 01/29/2012
Pages: 294
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.08w x 0.62d
ISBN: 9781863955546

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