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Convicts and empire : a naval question, 1776-1811 / Alan Frost.
Record no.:
4281
Author:
Frost, Alan, 1943-;
Publisher:
Melbourne :: Oxford University Press,
Year:
1980.
Description:
xv, 240 pages : maps, portraits ; 23 cm
Subject:
Pitt, William, 1749-1823.;
Sydney, Thomas Townshend, Viscount, 1733-1800.;
Australia - Colonization - New South Wales.;
Great Britain - Colonies - Australia.;
Australia - History.;
Great Britain - Colonies - History - 18th century.;
New South Wales - History.;
Australia - Colonization.;
Australia - History - 1788-1851.;
Great Britain - Colonies - Defenses.;
Great Britain - Colonies.;
Great Britain - Politics and government - 1760-1820.;
New South Wales - Colonization.;
Notes:
Gift ; Nagle Library MacLeod Collection copy donated by Emeritus Professor Roy MacLeod.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Type:
Monograph
ISBN:
019554255X;
Abstract:
Argues that William Pitt's decision to send convicts to Australia was based on Britain's need to secure a base in the Pacific for trade with the East.
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