The Fatal Shore
- ISBN-10
- 0394753666
- ISBN-13
- 9780394753669
- Series
- The Fatal Shore
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 628
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1988
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Author
- Robert Hughes
Description
Draws on diverse original materials to recount the European settlement of Australia, from the 1788 landing of the first prison fleet to 1868
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- 2003
- 754 pages
- Paperback
- Random House
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