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Author Challis, Kate, 1915-1989.

Title Tales from Sydney Cove / Kate Challis ; edited by Bernard Smith
Published Wahroonga, N.S.W. : Helicon Press, 2000

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Location Call no. Vol. Availability
 W'PONDS  994.4102 Cha/Tfs  AVAILABLE
Description 128 pages : chiefly color illustrations, maps ; 17 x 23 cm
Contents Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- 1. Charting the harbour -- 2. Arabanoo -- 3. Famine and disaster -- 4. The spearing of governor Phillip -- 5. More about Bennelong -- 6. An excursion Inland-- 7. Convicts' escape -- 8 Balloderry
Summary Account of early years of first settlement in Sydney, in particular relationships between the first settlers and the Indigenous people of the Sydney region, based on diaries and artworks of First Fleet naval officers; records aspects of traditional Aboriginal life; mentions Arabanoo, Bennelong, Baluderri and others; contains artworks which include portraits of, and scenes depicting, Aboriginal people; lists artists and diarists
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Sydney Region -- History
SUBJECT Australia -- History -- 1788-1851. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009592
Rocks (Sydney, N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88278718
Sydney (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021855 -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 -- 1788-1851
Sydney (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021855 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Sydney Cove (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002001357
Sydney Cove (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002001357 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278
Sydney Cove (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002001357 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850
Author Smith, Bernard, 1916-2011.
LC no. 00421548
ISBN 0958678510