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