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1788 by Watkin Tench
$25.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
Watkin Tench sailed to Australia with the First Fleet in 1788. In his late twenties, a captain of the marines, he was insatiably curious about the new British colony of Australia. In his four years in the country, he wrote two books about the early settlement which were bestsellers in their day. These a ...Show more
1788: Comprising: a Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay and a Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson by Watkin Tench
$22.00 AUD
Category: Australian Non-Fiction
In 1788 Captain Watkin Tench arrived in Botany Bay with the First Fleet. This is his immensely readable account of the first precarious years of the European settlement of this country. "1788" tells the human story of the birth of a nation.
1788: Text Classics by Watkin Tench
$12.95 AUD
Category: General Fiction | Series: Text Classics
"I do not hesitate to declare that the natives of New South Wales possess a considerable portion of that acumen, or sharpness of intellect, which bespeaks genius." In 1788 Watkin Tench stepped ashore at Sydney Cove with the First Fleet. This curious young captain of the marines was a natural storyteller ...Show more
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