186pp+illus. throughout. Very minor wear to edge of dj and covers, o/w NR FINE. The story of the first two tenuous years of settlement in Australia told through the eyewitness journals of thirteen first fleeters including Governor Arthur Philip, Watkin Tench, the Rev.Richard Johnson, Cirius Captain John Hunter and others. They describe the historic months from the time the First Fleet landed in Sydney Cove in January 1788 to the arrival of the second fleet in June 1790. Very well illustrated with some plates in colour. Index.

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