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Before the First Fleet : Europeans in Australia 1606-1777 / John Kenny
An account of Dutch, English, and French exploration of Australia from 1606 to 1780. The text covers scientific discoveries in botany and zoology alongside ethnographic observations of Indigenous Australians and the origin of European place names.
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Accession Number: 7371
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View in Vernon Browser| vernon_accession | 7371 |
| vernon_id | 11093 |
| vernon_slug | before-the-first-fleet-europeans-in-australia-1606-1777-john-kenny |
| vernon_authors | John Kenny |
| vernon_tags | Environmental sciences, Science, History, Social sciences, Civilisation, Sociology, Communication, Earth sciences, Geography, Language and languages -- Etymology, Names, Discoveries in geography, Voyages and travels, Australia -- History, Names, Geographical |
| vernon_production_date | 1995 |
| vernon_brief_description | John Kenny gives details of early European contact with Australia. He describes landfalls, deliberate explorations and sojourns. He tells of the explorers' reactions to the coastlines they saw, and to the continent's strange plants and animals. Place names bestowed by these intrepid explorers assume new meaning when they are seen in the context of their discovery.This was the period (1606-1777) when Europeans first came to knowledge of Australia's Aboriginal inhabitants. John Kenny records the significance of this contact for both peoples, by reproducing at length, extracts from the explorers' journals.While modern consciousness has shown us the harm European imperialism often did to indigenous peoples, the story of the European discovery of the outer world remains a great one, involving as it does striking feats of navigation, detailed record-keeping, and sometimes intriguing mystery.With illustrations carefully chosen to complement the written records, Before the First Fleet offers rich and diverse materials for our understanding of the European quest for and occupation of the southern continent, and of what was here before the Europeans. |
| vernon_object_type | Books/Document genres/Information forms/Visual and Verbal Communication |
| vernon_locations | On Shelf |
| vernon_ob_status | Accessioned |
| vernon_isbn_issn | 0864176457 |
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