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1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia by James Boyce
$44.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
In 1835 an illegal squatter camp was established on the banks of the Yarra River. In defiance of authorities in London and Sydney, Tasmanian speculators began sending men and sheep across Bass Strait - and so changed the shape of Australian history. Before the founding of Melbourne, British settlement o ...Show more
1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia by James Boyce
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
Winner of the 2012 Age Book of the Year Award and the 2013 Tasmania Book Prize With the founding of Melbourne in 1835, a flood of settlers began spreading out across the Australian continent. In three years more land - and more people - was conquered than in the preceding fifty. In 1835 James Bo ...Show more
1835: The Founding of Melbourne & the Conquest of Australia by James Boyce
$36.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
Winner of the Tasmanian Book Prize, The Age Book of the Year 'James Boyce tells the true history of this country with rare clarity and an eye for the essential that never fails.' -David Marr With the founding of Melbourne in 1835, a flood of settlers began spreading out across the Australian continent ...Show more
Born Bad: Original Sin and the Making of the Western World by James Boyce
$34.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs
"Original sin is the Western world's creation story." According to the Christian doctrine of original sin, humans are born inherently bad, and only through God's grace can they achieve salvation. In this captivating and controversial book, acclaimed historian James Boyce explores how this centuries- ...Show more
Imperial Mud - The Fight for the Fens by James Boyce
$24.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
A post-colonial history of the destruction of the Fens of eastern England. A population of proud indigenous people fight for generations to preserve their homelands against an expanding empire - an invasion justified as being necessary for 'progress'.After centuries of resistance, their culture and com ...Show more
Imperial Mud - The Fight for the Fens by James Boyce
$22.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
A post-colonial history of the destruction of the Fens of eastern England. **WINNER OF THE HISTORY AND TRADITION CATEGORY, EAST ANGLIAN BOOK AWARDS 2020** 'A real page-turner ... a warning about what happens when the rich and powerful dress up their avarice as "progress" - a lesson we could do with lear ...Show more
Inga Clendinnen: Selected Writings by Inga Clendinnen; James Boyce (ed.)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
Inga Clendinnen was one of Australia's greatest writers and thinkers. This selection covers the full scope of her writing, from Tiger's Eye to Aztecs, from Boyer Lectures to essays on all manner of topics. The rich array is introduced by acclaimed historian James Boyce, who traces Clendinnen's life and ...Show more
Losing Streak: How Tasmania Was Gamed by the Gambling Industry by James Boyce
$22.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
A jaw-dropping account of how one company came to own every poker machine in Tasmania - and the cost to democracy, the public purse and problem gamblers and their families. The story begins with the toppling of a premier, and ends with David Walsh, the man behind MONA, taking an eccentric stand against ...Show more
OLD FORMAT 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia by James Boyce
$29.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
In 1835 an illegal squatter camp was established on the banks of the Yarra River. In defiance of authorities in London and Sydney, Tasmanian speculators began sending men and sheep across Bass Strait - and so changed the shape of Australian history. Before the founding of Melbourne, British settlement o ...Show more
Van Diemans Land - A History by BOYCE James
$49.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
A groundbreaking history of the settlement of Tasmania. James Boyce's book is filled with new facts and new ideas about one episode in the history of British colonialism. Combining environmental insights with a grasp of the politics of the frontier, it will change the way people view Australian colonial ...Show more
Van Dieman's Land - A History by BOYCE James
$32.95 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
Almost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemen's Land. There they found a land of bounty and a penal society, a kangaroo economy and a new way of life. In Van Diemen's Land, James Boyce shows how the convicts were changed by the natural world they encountered. Escaping authority, t ...Show more
Van Diemen's Land by James Boyce
$39.99 AUD
Category: Australian Non fiction
"With a foreword by Richard Flanagan Winner of the Tasmanian Book Prize 'A brilliant book and a must-read for anyone interested in how land shapes people' —Tim Flannery Almost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemen's Land. There they found a land of bounty and a penal society, a k ...Show more