Early Australia
I found this old atlas from the 50s in a charity shop. I love the colours in these old maps.
Recently I read Sara Dane by Catherine Gaskin. It is supposed to be a romantic novel about Sara, who is sentenced to be transported to Australia. It details her romantic adventures, but what I found more interesting was the descriptions of early settler life in Australia.
I also learned that William Blyth, of Bounty fame, was appointed Governor of New South Wales in 1805. A bit of research shows that he also managed, after the mutiny, to navigate successfully for 47 days to reach Timor with the loss of only one man! They had only been provided with the bare necessities in supplies. He had also sailed with Captain Cook to the Pacific in 1776. You can read about his amazing life here.
Sara Dane is worth a read, it is quite gentle as far as romance is concerned, but good on Australia's early days - I actually learned quite a lot and it made me go and investigate further!
Love, Liz
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Liz
Your book sounds like a read you can really get quite lost in - it's so great when something piques your interest to do a little digging beyond the story too!
Jem xXx
Liz