| Botany Bay: Where Histories Meet Contributor(s): Nugent, Maria (Author) |
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ISBN: 1741145759 ISBN-13: 9781741145755 Publisher: Allen & Unwin OUR PRICE: $31.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 2006 Annotation: Botany Bay is renowned as the site of Captain Cook's first landing on the east coast of New Holland in 1770, infamous as the place chosen by the British as a dumping ground for convicts, and celebrated as the birthplace of Australia. Drawing on stories, objects, images, memories, and the landscape itself, this work presents Botany Bay in all of its complex significance while investigating the roles that Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal histories play in creating and sustaining local and national communities. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Discrimination & Race Relations - History | Australia & New Zealand - General |
| Dewey: 994.41 |
| LCCN: 2006365310 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.33" W x 8.23" (0.90 lbs) 272 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Australian |