The Birth of Sydney

by Tim Flannery

Book Overview

A narrative history of one of the world's great cities traces the development of Sydney, Australia, from its eighteenth-century origins as a remote penal colony of the British Empire to its role as... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802136990
• ISBN13: 9780802136992
• Release Date: June 2000
• Publisher: Grove Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Stories of a city

This is a terrific book. Read in conjunction with John Birmingham's 'Leviathan: an unauthorised biography of Sydney', you will get more than a working knowledge of how and why Sydney is like it is.Flannery has written an introductory essay 'The andstone City', which gives a good overview. The bulk of the book is an anthology of voices from the earliest days to late 19th century -from Captain James Cook to Mark Twain, Aboriginal women, and British governors. 2000 saw a plethora of books on Sydney, as it hosted the Olympic Games. This is one of the best.