Where honour guides the prow : a story of early settlers of Sydney Cove, Norfolk Island and the Murrumbidgee
Curtis, Elisabeth1987
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Subject: The early settlers of Britain's most distant colony struggled valiantly against enormous odds in a harsh and forbidding new land. Beginning with the sailing of the First Fleet, the story introduces the rebellious Willian Boggis, who was transported and sent to the remote Norfolk Island. The result of his liasion with Elizabeth Smith was a beautiful child, Elizabeth, who at the tender age of fourteen, married the ebullient Charles Tompson. Their story, interwoven with the early history of Australia till 1850, captures Charles Tompson's fortitude and enterprise as he joined the pioneers who thrust forward the known frontiers unduanted by the capricious nature of the Australian environment. Though he was an ordinary citizen, his is an extraordinary and compelling tale. Back cover.
Main title:
Where honour guides the prow : a story of early settlers of Sydney Cove, Norfolk Island and the Murrumbidgee / Elisabeth Curtis and Gillian Doyle.
Author:
Imprint:
[Killara, N.S.W. : E. Curtis and G. Doyle], c1987.
Collation:
xvi, 272 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., maps, ports. (some col.) ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Includes index.Geneal. table and map on lining papers.Available from Ms E. Curtis, 45 Coronga Crescent, Killara, N.S.W. 2071.Bibliography: p. 263-267.
ISBN:
0731609565
Dewey class:
994.4020924929.2
Language:
English
BRN:
1045