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Before the First Fleet : Europeans in Australia 1606-1777

by John Kenny

An account of Dutch, English, and French exploration of Australia from 1606 to 1780. The text covers scientific discoveries in botany and zoology alongside ethnographic observations of Indigenous Australians and the origin of European place names.

Accession 7371 ISBN 0864176457 Publisher Kangaroo Press
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