Author: Victor CrittendenPublisher:
ISBN: 9780949910318
Category : Colonial administrators
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
King of Norfolk Island
Author: Victor CrittendenPublisher:
ISBN: 9780949910318
Category : Colonial administrators
Languages : en
Pages : 115
Book Description
An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales
Author: David CollinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Aboriginal Australians
Languages : en
Pages : 678
Book Description
The Governor's Lady, Mrs. Philip Gidley King
Author: Marnie BassettPublisher: Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
ISBN:
Category : Governors spouses
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Reissue of a book first published in 1940. A personal view of life in the NSW colony from 1788 to the middle of the 19th century, as revealed in the journal entries of Governor King's wife. Includes an index.
Historical Records of New South Wales: King, 1803-1805
Author: New South WalesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : New South Wales
Languages : en
Pages : 1000
Book Description
Phillip Parker King
Author: Brian Douglas AbbottPublisher:
ISBN: 9780646572949
Category : Admirals
Languages : en
Pages : 397
Book Description
The life of Phillip Parker King was inextricably linked with the establishment of the colony of New South Wales. His father, Philip Gidley King, sailed to Botany Bay on HMS Sirius as Governor Phillip's second in command in 1787, and Lt. King was given the responsibility of establishing the penal settlement on Norfolk Island. King was born on Norfolk Island in 1791. He entered the Royal Navy in 1807 and served in the Napoleonic Wars. His maritime exploration and survey work around Australia 1817-1822 has been well documented, and is also covered in this book. -- Dust jacket.
Norfolk Island's Fascinating Flora
Author: Peter CoynePublisher: Peter Coyne
ISBN: 0980652820
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 193
Book Description
Norfolk Island (South Pacific) has some of the world’s rarest plant species. Of the 182 native plant species, 43 are endemic; that is they occur naturally nowhere else, 47 are listed nationally under Australian law as extinct or threatened and 30 more are already extinct, threatened or rare on the island. This book provides information (with illustrations) on each of the native species and some of the most important introduced plants which grow wild on the island. It also contains a chapter on the cultural use of plants from 1856. The book has previously unpublished paintings by John Doody from 1792 and paintings by famous botanical artist Ferdinand Bauer from 1804 in addition to more than 400 photographs. 192 pages 170 x 227 mm, full colour, with references and index.
Historical Records of New South Wales: Papers relating to King, 1803-1805. 1897
Author: Norfolk Island; an Outline of Its History 1774-1968
Author: Merval HoarePublisher: [St. Lucia, Q.] : University of Queensland Press
ISBN:
Category : Norfolk Island
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia, Vol. 1
Author: Phillip Parker KingPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 300
Book Description
"Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia, Vol. 1" is an account of the exploration of the new continent by Phillip Parker King. King and his crew contributed valuable contributions to Australia's exploration and mapping. Because they were prepared to risk the danger of going in close to the shoreline, they were able to complete the valuable work of charting the entire coastline of Australia.
The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay
Author: Arthur PhillipPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 534
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