Colonisation of Australia
Articles
- Criminal Transport: George Barrington and the Colonial Cure
Examines the representation of criminality and convicts in the work of George Barrington and argues that his stunningly successful Voyage to Botany Bay (1795) is…
1 May 2002 - Allegory, Space, Colonialism: Remembering Babylon and the Production of Colonial History
Remembering Babylon, with its strange and compelling story of Gemmy Fairley's negotiation between 'Australian' and 'Aboriginal' identities, is, like 'The Writing Lesson', simultaneously an…
1 October 1995 - No Tyranny of Distance: The Reception of Publications on Australia in The Athenaeum 1828-1850
Periodicals of the 19th century comprehensively informed English readers about journeys to Australia as well as about travels and expeditions on the continent. How extensive…
1 October 1996 - Review of Decolonising Animals, edited by Rick de Vos18 December 2023