Series: The Europeans in Australia

'It is the duty of historians to be, wherever they can, accurate, precise, humane, imaginative - using moral imagination above all and even-handed.' - Alan Atkinson The second of three volumes of the landmark, award-winning series The Europeans in Australia gives an account of early settlement by Britain. It tells of the political and intellectual origins of this extraordinary undertaking...

It is the duty of historians to be, wherever they can, accurate, precise, humane, imaginative—using moral imagination above all—and even-handed. The first of three volumes of the landmark, award-winning series The Europeans in Australia gives an account of early settlement by Britain. It tells of the political and intellectual origins of this extraordinary undertaking that began during the 1780s, a...