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A History of Australia: New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land 1822-1838
A History of Australia New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land 18221838 Author:Manning Clark 1822 - 1838 was a period of struggle and change, from a plantation society using convict labour and governed by army and navy officers to a society with increasing numbers of free settlers, businessmen turned landowners and a small business and professional class in the towns. Manning Clark deals with the effect on the Aborigines of the comin... more »g of Europeans, in which G. A. Robinson played a part in Van Diemen's Land, and continues the record of inland exploration by describing journeys of Hume and Hovell and of Captain Charles Sturt.« less