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First impressions : the British discovery of Australia

by Margaret Steven

An examination of initial contact between European settlers and Aboriginal people from 1788 to the early 1800s. The text analyses official colonial policies and includes historical drawings depicting the Indigenous population.

Accession 29741 ISBN 0565010662 Publisher British Museum
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