{"product_id":"colony","title":"The Colony : A History of Early Sydney","description":"\u003ch5 class=\"product-keynote\"\u003eA History of Early Sydney\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-keynote\" data-v-330cd4a9=\"\"\u003eA 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Colony\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the marvellously contrary, endlessly energetic early years of Sydney. It is an intimate account of the transformation of a campsite in a beautiful cove to the town that later became Australia's largest and best-known city.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the sparkling beaches to the foothills of the Blue Mountains, Grace Karskens skilfully reveals how landscape shaped the lives of the original Aboriginal inhabitants and newcomers alike. She traces the ways in which relationships between the colonial authorities and ordinary men and women broke with old patterns, and the ways that settler and Aboriginal histories became entwined. She uncovers the ties between the burgeoning township and its rural hinterland expanding along the river systems of the Cumberland Plain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnthusiastically received on first publication, this is a landmark account of the birthplace of modern Australia, and a fascinating and richly textured narrative of people and place.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Grace Karskens\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback : 678 pages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSKU: P1736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrace Karskens is Professor of History at the University of New South Wales and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rocks\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 1998 NSW Premier's History Award, and of \u003ci\u003ePeople of the River\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrace Karskens writes with the passion and insight of a novelist, and the accuracy of a historian. To read it is to have one's imagination stretched.' - Thomas Keneally, \u003ci\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Boat books Australia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52957440049516,"sku":"P1736","price":45.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0946\/1920\/5996\/files\/the-colony.jpg?v=1764799073","url":"https:\/\/www.boatbooks-aust.com.au\/products\/colony","provider":"Boat books Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}