Australia

The works listed in this section relate to publications dealing with the early history of colonial Australia. For more specific listings relating to Lachlan and Elizabeth Macquarie and their activities in the period 1810-1822 consult the works described in the sections: New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. There will necessarily be a certain degree of overlap in the treatment (and relevance) of these two linked colonies during the governorship of Lachlan Macquarie. There may also be some duplication of listed works.

ATKINSON, Alan. The Europeans in Australia. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1997-2005 [2 vols].

Australian Financiers: biographical essays. (eds.) R.T. Appleyard and C.B. Schedvin. South Melbourne: Macmillan, 1988. [see Parsons, T.G. 'Colonial Commissaries' pp.11-33].

BARRATT, Glynn. The Russian Navy and Australia to 1825. Melbourne: Hawthorn Press, 1979.

BATESON, Charles. Australian Shipwrecks. Volume One: 1622-1850. Sydney: Reed, 1972.

BATESON, Charles. The Convict Ships 1787-1868. Glasgow: Brown, Son & Ferguson, 1969 [2nd ed.]

BROADBENT, James, RICKARD, Suzanne, and STEVEN, Margaret. India, China, Australia: trade and society 1788-1850. Glebe, NSW: Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, 2003.

BUTLIN, N. G. Forming A Colonial Economy: Australia 1810-1850. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994.

BUTLIN, S. J. Foundations of the Australian Monetary System 1788-1851. Sydney: Sydney University Press, 1953.

CONNOR, John. The Australian Frontier Wars 1788-1838. Sydney: UNSW Press, 2002.

DAY, David. Smugglers and Sailors: the Customs history of Australia 1788-1901. Canberra: AGPS, 1992.

Economic Growth of Australia 1788-1821. (eds.) G.J. Abbott and N.B. Nairn. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1969.

FLETCHER, Brian H. Colonial Australia before 1850. Melbourne: Thomas Nelson, 1976.

FLETCHER, Marion. Costume in Australia 1788-1901. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1984.

GOVOR, Elena. Australia in the Russian Mirror: changing perceptions 1770-1919. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1997.

HENEY, Helen. Australia's Founding Mothers Melbourne: Nelson, 1978.

HORDERN, Marsden. King of the Australian Coast: the work of Phillip Parker King in the 'Mermaid' and 'Bathurst' 1817 - 1822 Melbourne: The Miegunyah Press, 1997.

KERR, James Semple. Design for Convicts: an account of design for convict establishments in the Australian Colonies during the transportation era. Sydney: Library of Australian History, 1984.

LEVY, J. S. These Are The Names: Jewish lives in Australia, 1788-1850. Carlton, Vic.: Miegunyah, 2006.

MOLONY, John. The Native-Born: the first white Australians. Carlton South, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 2000.

RABY, Geoff. Making Rural Australia: an economic history of technical and institutional creativity, 1788-1860. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1996.

ROBINSON, Portia. The Hatch and Brood of Time: a study of the first generation of native-born white Australians 1788-1828. Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1985.

SHAW, A.G.L. Convicts and the Colonies. A Study of Penal Transportation from Great Britain and Ireland to Australia and other parts of the British Empire. London: Faber and Faber, 1966.

STONE, Peter. Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks: and other maritime incidents, including vessels lost overseas, merchant ships lost at war, and those lost on inland waters, together with a bibliography of vessel entries. Yarram, Vic.: Oceans Enterprises, 2006.

Journal Articles & Book Chapters:

FITZHARDINGE, Verity. "Russian Ships in Australian Waters." Royal Australian Historical Society. Journal. Vol. 51 Part 2 [June 1965] pp.113-147.

See also: New South Wales | Van Diemen's Land

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