Unique IDLIB-00016486Date1st January 2009Date qualifieryear onlyDescriptionDescription: Sydney Harbour explores the story of the waterway from the time of the Gameragal, Gadigal and others to contemporary debates about the future of the Ê¿working harbour'. A beautifully written, compelling book, it lays out the interaction between the glittering harbour and the people who inhabited and shaped it and attached meaning to it.
Publisher description.
1. The harbour people
2. An unexpected harbour
3. From convicts to commerce
4. Possession secured
5. Foreshore defenders
6. A harbour of wonder, a harbour of filth
7. Big plans and a bridge
8. Workers and warriors
9. Modern harbour
10. The people's harbour
Public Note: Map on front and back lining papers.
Includes indexLanguageEnglish (eng)IllustrationsColour illustrationsBlack and white illustrationsPublisherUniversity of New South Wales PressPlace of publicationSydney
New South Wales
Australia
Sydney Harbour: a history/ Ian Hoskins (01/01/2009), [LIB-00016486]. City of Sydney Archives, accessed 07 May 2024, https://archives.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/nodes/view/1753590
