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Richard Brooks : from convict ship captain to pillar of early colonial Australia / Christine Maher.

Full title: Richard Brooks : from convict ship captain to pillar of early colonial Australia / Christine Maher.

Author/creator: Maher, Christine.

Call Numbers: G 2017/3939, H 2016/1729

Record Identifier: 74VKVpVljmVA

Language: English

Formats: Books

Contents: 248 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits (some colour), facsimiles ; 23 cm., , , , ,

Publishers: [Kenthurst], N.S.W. Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd, 2016.

Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-240) and index. Mitchell Library copy at H 2016/1729:Submission for Premier's Literary Award 2017 State Reference Library copy at G 2017/3939 :National Biography Award contender, 2017. Mitchell Library copy at H 2016/1729 ; Submission for Premier's History Award 2016.

Permalink: https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVpVljmVA

DDC: 994.03092

MMS ID: 991023986014702626

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    Richard Brooks : from convict ship captain to pillar of early colonial Australia / Christine Maher.

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    G 2017/3939 , H 2016/1729

    Record identifier

    74VKVpVljmVA

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    Richard Brooks : from convict ship captain to pillar of early colonial Australia / Christine Maher.

    Full title

    Richard Brooks : from convict ship captain to pillar of early colonial Australia / Christine Maher.

    Author / Creator

    Maher, Christine author.

    Publisher

    [Kenthurst], N.S.W. Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd, 2016.

    Call Numbers

    G 2017/3939 , H 2016/1729

    Record Identifier

    74VKVpVljmVA

    Language

    English

    Formats

    Books

    — Physical Description

    Contents

    248 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits (some colour), facsimiles ; 23 cm.

    Content type

    cartographic image

    text

    still image

    Media type

    unmediated

    Carrier type

    volume

    Publication information

    Publisher

    [Kenthurst], N.S.W. Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd, 2016.

    Subjects

    Subjects and topics

    Brooks, Richard, 1765-1833 Atlas (Ship) Transportation of convicts--New South Wales--History Pioneers--Australia--Biography Australia--History--19th century

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    — SCOPE AND CONTENTS

    Summary

    Richard Brooks was a man of self interest and entrepreneurial verve . Privateer, smuggler, convict sea captain, rum trader turned respectable magistrate and colonial squire. His life was a microcosm of early colonial Australia. He was a shipowner, merchant ship captain and financier. He kept the colony supplied with spirits thus greasing the wheels...

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    Full title

    Richard Brooks : from convict ship captain to pillar of early colonial Australia / Christine Maher.

    — AUTHORS, ARTISTS AND CONTRIBUTORS

    Author / Creator

    — NOTES

    General note

    Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-240) and index.

    Mitchell Library copy at H 2016/1729:Submission for Premier's Literary Award 2017

    State Reference Library copy at G 2017/3939 :National Biography Award contender, 2017.

    Mitchell Library copy at H 2016/1729 ; Submission for Premier's History Award 2016.

    Date Published

    2016.

    — CONTEXTUAL INFORMATION

    Date Copyright

    ©2016

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    — PRIMARY IDENTIFIERS

    Call Numbers

    G 2017/3939 , H 2016/1729

    Record Identifier

    74VKVpVljmVA

    Permalink

    https://collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVpVljmVA

    — OTHER IDENTIFIERS

    ISBN

    9781925078862 :

    DDC

    994.03092

    MMS ID

    991023986014702626

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