Title France Australe : a study of French explorations and attempts to found a penal colony and strategic base in south western Australia 1503-1826

Published Perth : Artlook, 1982

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MELB	919.41041 M315F		AVAILABLE

Description xvi, 384 pages : illustrations Contents Includes index Summary Detailed account of all French expeditions to W.A. based on contemporary accounts and documents; includes numerous references to contact with Aborigines with reproductions of many sketches and paintings of Aboriginal camps and activities Analysis Western Australia. Coastal regions. French exploration, to 1826 Notes bibl.; illus. (pt col.); maps; tbls Bibliography Bibliography: pages 359-380 Event 1982 Notes Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection Subject Explorers -- France. French -- Australia. Penal colonies -- Australia -- History. SUBJECT Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Colonization. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005562 Australia -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 -- French Australia -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 France -- Relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh89002750 -- Australia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 Western Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79089339 -- Discovery and exploration -- French. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002239 Western Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79089339 -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238 Western Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008117437 -- To 1829 ISBN 0864451040

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