The Sydney wars : conflict in the early colony, 1788-1817 / Stephen Gapps.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gapps, Stephen, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Great Britain. Army--History--18th century.

Great Britain.

Great Britain. Army--History--19th century.

Aboriginal Australians--Wars.

Aboriginal Australians.

Aboriginal Australians--Colonization.

Aboriginal Australians--Warfare.

Aboriginal Australians--Treatment--History.

Aboriginal Australians--Government relations--History--1788-1851.

Sydney (N.S.W.)--History--1788-1851.

Sydney (N.S.W.).

Great Britain--Colonies--History, Military.

Australia--History--1788-1851.

Australia.

Australia--Race relations--History--1788-1851.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (203 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Sydney, NSW, Australia : NewSouth Publishing, 2018.

Summary:

The Sydney Wars tells the history of military engagements between Europeans and Aboriginal Australians – described as ‘this constant sort of war’ by one early colonist – around the greater Sydney region. Telling the story of the first years of colonial Sydney in a new and original way, this provocative book is the first detailed account of the warfare that occurred across the Sydney region from the arrival of a British expedition in 1788 to the last recorded conflict in the area in 1817. The Sydney Wars sheds new light on how British and Aboriginal forces developed military tactics and how the violence played out. Analysing the paramilitary roles of settlers and convicts and the militia defensive systems that were deployed, it shows that white settlers lived in fear, while Indigenous people fought back as their land and resources were taken away. Stephen Gapps details the violent conflict that formed part of a long period of colonial strategic efforts to secure the Sydney basin and, in time, the rest of the continent.--Publisher

Contents:

Introduction: A savage and unfeeling enemy

1. This state of petty warfare: January 1788-April 1789

2. Men, women, and children, lying dead: April 1789-December 1790

3. An open war: 1791-96

4. This sort of war: 1797-1802

5. A pre-concerted plan: 1802-13

6. Kill all the whites before them: 1814-March 1816

7. Strike them with terror: April 1816-17

Epilogue: Vengeance still smoulders.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781742248660

1742248667

9781742244242

1742244246

OCLC:

1040522379