More a Symbol Than a Success: Foundation Years of the Swan River Colony by D Markey

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Old price sticker on front cover. Some foxing marks on half-title page.

A revised study of the first 21 years of the Swan River Colony examining settlement, economy and adaptation and the impact that white settlement made on Australia.

Includes the 1833, 1838 and 1845 plans of Perth, maps of the Swan River Colony 1830s, south-western Australia and the 1839 Arrowsmith map of Western Australia.

Chapters include:

• The first occupance
• The European appraisal of New Holland
• Stirling's Visit
• Proposals for a settlement
• The first town sites
• Perth and Fremantle
• The early problems
• The extension of the settlement
• Transport and communications
• Agriculture
• The accomplishment.