Phillip of Australia: An Account of the Settlement at Sydney Cove 1788-92 by M Barnard Eldershaw

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Some damage to spine top. Some marks on title page. No dust jacket. Book is in a non-adhesive glossy protective cover. First edition.

An account of the first settlement in Australia at Sydney Cove, led by Governor Phillip; discusses the background and reasons for the settlement, the voyage, justice and the convicts, treatment, attitudes and relationships with Indigenous Australians, the Church, and Norfolk Island.

Includes information on the Governor's treatment of Indigenous Australians and attempts to maintain peaceful relations with them; descriptions of Indigenous Australians; deteriorating relationships, violence and eventual punitive expedition; capture of Arabanoo, and later Baneelon and Colbee, in attempt to learn about Indigenous people; captives' lives after captured; smallpox and famine among Aboriginal people.