The Colony
A History of Early Sydney
by Grace Karskens
724 pages· 2010· ISBN 9781742690582
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A groundbreaking history of the colony of Sydney in its early years, from the sparkling harbour to the Cumberland Plain, from convicts to the city's political elite, from the impact of its geology to its economy.
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