The Europeans in Australia: The Beginning v.1 (Vol 1) by Alan Atkinson ISBN 13: 9780195507089

Oxford University Press,, 1998. Softcover. FINE. In the first volume of his history of Australia, Alan Atkinson covers the first impact of European power on Australia. He argues that the Europeans were not simply conquerors, that their own cultures were infinitely complex, thickly-woven with ideas about spirituality, authority, self and land, all of which influenced the development of Australia.Among the ancient stories told by people of the Australian north coast is one of the Shark that left its ocean home to make its mark on the shore. The ocean-borne power of the first Europeans in Australia, in and after 1788, had some of the savage mystery of the Ancestral Shark. In this major new multi-volume history of Australia, the award-winning historian Alan Atkinson explores the imagery and technique of European power as it made its first impact on Australia. He urges that the Europeans were not simply conquerors motivated by brutal or short term colonizing imperatives. Their own culture was ancient and… Read More

New. New Ships From Canada New No dust jacket as issued 429pages : ill, maps, ports; 23 cm Originally published: 1997 Includes index Bibliography