Karskens Grace (39 results)

2020Cream Colored Soft Cover, zVG, Lost worlds of early Australia, ISBN 9781760292232, 678 pages.

Trade Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. mild rubbing to cover.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. A vivid, deeply researched portrait of Sydney' earliest neighbourhood. Karskens uses documents, maps, and archaeology to reveal the real lives of convicts and ex-convicts in the colony's first forty years. A foundational work of Australian social history. Label back cover.…

paperback in good condition; 678 pages, colour and b/w illusts, heavy book which will require excess postage outside Australia.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The cover has a little wear. 678 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Winner of the 2010 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction'Grace Karskens writes with the passion and insight of a novelist, and the accuracy of a historian. To read it is to have one's imagination stretched.' - Thomas Keneally, Sydney Morning HeraldThe Colony is the story of the marvellously contrary, endlessly energetic early years of Sydney. It is an intimate account of the transformation of a campsite in a beautiful cove to the town that later became Australia's largest and best-known city.From the sparkling beaches to the foothills of the Blue Mountains, Grace Karskens skilfully reveals how landscape shaped the lives of the original Aboriginal inhabitants and newcomers alike. She traces the ways in which relationships between the colonial authorities and ordinary men and women broke with old patterns, and the ways that settler and Aboriginal histories became entwined. She uncovers the ties between the burgeoning township and its rural hinterland expanding along the river systems of the Cumberland Plain.Enthusiastically received on first publication, this is a landmark account of the birthplace of modern Australia, and a fascinating and richly textured narrative of people and place. A groundbreaking history of the colony of Sydney in its early years, from the sparkling harbour to the Cumberland Plain, from convicts to the city's political elite, from the impact of its geology to its economy. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: New. Winner of the Prime Minister's Award for Australian History 2021Winner of the NSW Premier's Australian History Prize 2021Co-winner of the Ernest Scott Prize for History 2021Winner, Henry A. Wallace Award for Agricultural History 2020'A masterpiece of historical writing that takes your breath away' - Tom Griffiths'A majestic book' - John Maynard 'Shimmering prose' - Tiffany ShellamDyarubbin, the Hawkesbury-Nepean River, is where the two early Australias - ancient and modern - first collided. People of the River journeys into the lost worlds of the Aboriginal people and the settlers of Dyarubbin, both complex worlds with ancient roots. The settlers who took land on the river from the mid-1790s were there because of an extraordinary experiment devised half a world away. Modern Australia was not founded as a gaol, as we usually suppose, but as a colony. Britain's felons, transported to the other side of the world, were meant to become settlers in the new colony. They made history on the river: it was the first successful white farming frontier, a community that nurtured the earliest expressions of patriotism, and it became the last bastion of eighteenth-century ways of life.The Aboriginal people had occupied Dyarubbin for at least 50,000 years. Their history, culture and spirituality were inseparable from this river Country. Colonisation kicked off a slow and cumulative process of violence, theft of Aboriginal children and ongoing annexation of the river lands. Yet despite that sorry history, Dyarubbin's Aboriginal people managed to remain on their Country, and they still live on the river today. The Hawkesbury-Nepean was the seedbed for settler expansion and invasion of Aboriginal lands to the north, south and west. It was the crucible of the colony, and the nation that followed.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A landmark history of Australia's first successful settler farming area, which was on the Hawkesbury-Nepean River. Award-winning historian Grace Karskens uncovers the everyday lives of ordinary people in the early colony, both Aboriginal and British. A landmark history of Australia's first successful settler farming area, which was on the Hawkesbury-Nepean River. Award-winning historian Grace Karskens uncovers the everyday lives of ordinary people in the early colony, both Aboriginal and British. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The cover has a little wear, with a few light creases. The page edges are lightly foxed and tanned. 678 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. First Paperback. xv, 394pp, index, bibliography, notes, bw ills. Pictorial card. A litle fading near spine. The Rocks is Sydney's, and Australia's, oldest surviving neighbourhood. In this volume the author paints a vivid picture of the lives of its earliest European inhabitants- the convicts and ex-convicts who built their disorderly huts and houses on the steep, rocky slopes overlooking the harbour. Size: 8vo.…

Soft Cover. Condition: Very Good. Third Printing. x, 678pp, index, bibliography, notes, appendices, bw & col ills, maps. Or pictorial card. Slightest of edge wear to cover. Dyarubbin, the Hawkesbury-Nepean River, is where 2 early Australias -ancient and modern- first colided. The book journeys into the worlds of the Aboriginal people and the settlers of the Dyarubbin, both complex worlds with ancient roots. Aboriginal people had occupied the land for at least 50000 years. Their history, culture and spirituality were insaperable from this River Country. Colonisation kicked off a slow and cumulative process of violence, theft of Aboriginal children, and ongoing annexation of the river lands. Yet Dyarubbin's Aboriginal people managed to remain on their Country, and they still live on the river today. Size: Small 4to.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine.

Paperback. Grace Karskens (Author), Allen & Unwin. Winner of the 2010 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction 'Grace Karskens writes with the passion and insight of a novelist, and the accuracy of a historian. To read it is to have one's imagination stretched.' - Thomas Keneally, Sydney Morning Herald The Colony is the story of the marvellously contrary, endlessly energetic early years of Sydney. It is an intimate account of the transformation of a campsite in a beautiful cove to the town that later became Australia's largest and best-known city. From the sparkling beaches to the foothills of the Blue Mountains, Grace Karskens skilfully reveals how landscape shaped the lives of the original Aboriginal inhabitants and newcomers alike. She traces the ways in which relationships between the colonial authorities and ordinary men and women broke with old patterns, and the ways that settler and Aboriginal histories became entwined. She uncovers the ties between the burgeoning township and its rural hinterland expanding along the river systems of the Cumberland Plain. Enthusiastically received on first publication, this is a landmark account of the birthplace of modern Australia, and a fascinating and richly textured narrative of people and place. Paperback.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fair - a well thumbed Copy. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. First Edition. Moderate to heavy wear to covers. Spine not creased. The bottom margin of the last fifty or so pages have a minor abrasion (max 1cm x 2cm) where pages had adhered. Text and plates very clean. Binding good. A reading copy. 240pp The Rocks is Sydney's earliest surviving neighbourhood. Grace Karskens builds up a vivid picture of the lives of its earliest white inhabitants. A wealth of historical documents, pictures, maps and archaeological evidence allows her to recover the words and gestures, tastes and habits, aspirations and fears, of the dealers, publicans, labourers, artisans, watermen, washerwomen, servants and prostitutes who lived there. What sort of town did these people make? What did it look like? How did they treat their neighbours? And what of other human relations-how did men and women behave sexually? What did they think was 'moral' behaviour? What were their marriages like? How did they bring up their children? Grace Karskens shows it was a place very different from the usual images of a brutal 'gaol colony': it was, rather, a preindustrial town, a face-to-face society, marked more by movement and opportunity, dialogue and negotiation than by coercion, discipline and punishment. Size: 205mm x 270mm. Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Card covers in clean, tidy condition, 240pp Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. First Paperback Edition. Near Fine Pp 304 Index Illustrations.

paperback in good condition, corners a little worn, owner's name on first page; 240 pages, b/w photos, heavy book which will require excess postage outside Australia.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 1999 Hale & Iremonger large format paperback edition. Light reading wear else very good condition.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. Very good condition. Ex library copy with no external stickers. Stamp and sticky tape on review page. RFID patch on inside back cover. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Bodt text and binding are still in very good condition. A landmark history of Australia's first successful settler farming area on the Hawkesbury-Nepean River. Award-winning historian Grace Karskens uncovers the everyday lives of ordinary people in the early colony, both Aboriginal and British. Dyarubbin, the Hawkesbury-Nepean River, is where the two early Australias, ancient and modern, first collided. People of the River journeys into the lost worlds of the Aboriginal people and the settlers of Dyarubbin, both complex worlds with ancient roots. The settlers who took land on the river from the mid-1790s were there because of an extraordinary experiment devised half a world away. Modern Australia was not founded as a gaol, as we usually suppose, but as a colony. Britain's felons, transported to the other side of the world, were meant to become settlers in the new colony. They made history on the river: it was the first successful white farming frontier. This community nurtured the earliest expressions of patriotism, and it became the last bastion of eighteenth-century ways of life. The Aboriginal people had occupied Dyarubbin for at least 50,000 years. Their history, culture and spirituality were inseparable from this river Country. Colonisation kicked off a slow and cumulative process of violence, theft of Aboriginal children and ongoing annexation of the river lands. Yet despite that sorry history, Dyarubbin's Aboriginal people managed to remain on their Country, and they still live on the river today. The Hawkesbury-Nepean was the seedbed for settler expansion and invasion of Aboriginal lands to the north, south and west. It was the crucible of the colony, and the nation that followed.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. First Paperback Edition. Fine Pp 304 Index Illustrations.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. Jacket has moderate wear, some browning to edges and three tiny tears at ends of spine and bottom front edge. There is a moderate water stain to the bottom margin of the jacket front. Light wear to cloth plus a small pale patch to top rear. Gift inscription to half title page, otherwise iinternally very clean. Binding tight. 280pp Size: 195mm x 265mm. Book.…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Fine In A Near Fine Jacket Pp 678 Index Illustrations.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. This book is in great condition. The cover is clean and tidy, showing only minor shelf wear. The binding is sound. There are no loose pages. The pages are clean and unmarked. Contains colour and black and white images and diagrams.

Softcover (Saddle-stapled). Condition: Good. Previous owner's name on front card cover. Lecture dates and times inside back card cover. 56 pages. No torn or missing pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Architecture; Australia; Sociology & Culture. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 50592.…

Paperback, 20.5x27cm, 240pp. Good condition. Light wear, marks, and creases. ISBN: 0868066664.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Winner of the 2010 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction'Grace Karskens writes with the passion and insight of a novelist, and the accuracy of a historian. To read it is to have one's imagination stretched.' - Thomas Keneally, Sydney Morning HeraldThe Colony is the story of the marvellously contrary, endlessly energetic early years of Sydney. It is an intimate account of the transformation of a campsite in a beautiful cove to the town that later became Australia's largest and best-known city.From the sparkling beaches to the foothills of the Blue Mountains, Grace Karskens skilfully reveals how landscape shaped the lives of the original Aboriginal inhabitants and newcomers alike. She traces the ways in which relationships between the colonial authorities and ordinary men and women broke with old patterns, and the ways that settler and Aboriginal histories became entwined. She uncovers the ties between the burgeoning township and its rural hinterland expanding along the river systems of the Cumberland Plain.Enthusiastically received on first publication, this is a landmark account of the birthplace of modern Australia, and a fascinating and richly textured narrative of people and place. A groundbreaking history of the colony of Sydney in its early years, from the sparkling harbour to the Cumberland Plain, from convicts to the city's political elite, from the impact of its geology to its economy. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. A landmark history of Australia's first successful settler farming area, which was on the Hawkesbury-Nepean River. Award-winning historian Grace Karskens uncovers the everyday lives of ordinary people in the early colony, both Aboriginal and British. A landmark history of Australia's first successful settler farming area, which was on the Hawkesbury-Nepean River. Award-winning historian Grace Karskens uncovers the everyday lives of ordinary people in the early colony, both Aboriginal and British. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 678 pages. 9.00x6.50x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Condition: Very Good. Large 8vo. hardcover. 678pp. index, b/w illus. Very good. / Good+ faded d/w, creased on front edge.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Winner of the 2010 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Non-Fiction'Grace Karskens writes with the passion and insight of a novelist, and the accuracy of a historian. To read it is to have one's imagination stretched.' - Thomas Keneally, Sydney Morning HeraldThe Colony is the story of the marvellously contrary, endlessly energetic early years of Sydney. It is an intimate account of the transformation of a campsite in a beautiful cove to the town that later became Australia's largest and best-known city.From the sparkling beaches to the foothills of the Blue Mountains, Grace Karskens skilfully reveals how landscape shaped the lives of the original Aboriginal inhabitants and newcomers alike. She traces the ways in which relationships between the colonial authorities and ordinary men and women broke with old patterns, and the ways that settler and Aboriginal histories became entwined. She uncovers the ties between the burgeoning township and its rural hinterland expanding along the river systems of the Cumberland Plain.Enthusiastically received on first publication, this is a landmark account of the birthplace of modern Australia, and a fascinating and richly textured narrative of people and place. A groundbreaking history of the colony of Sydney in its early years, from the sparkling harbour to the Cumberland Plain, from convicts to the city's political elite, from the impact of its geology to its economy. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…