1835: The Founding of Melbourne & the Conquest of Australia - James Boyce.epub

With the founding of Melbourne in 1835, a flood of settlers began spreading out across the Australian continent. In three years more land – and more people – was conquered than in the preceding fifty.

In 1835 James Boyce brings this pivotal moment to life. He traces the power plays in Hobart, Sydney and London, and describes the key personalities of Melbourne’s early days. He conjures up the Australian frontier – its complexity, its rawness and the way its legacy is still with us today. And he asks the poignant question largely ignored for 175 years: could it have been different?

With his first book, Van Diemen’s Land, Boyce introduced an utterly fresh approach to the nation’s history. ‘In re-imagining Australia’s past,’ Richard Flanagan wrote, ‘it invents a new future.’ 1835 continues this untold story.

Praise
“Anyone who calls Melbourne home – in fact anyone who calls Australia home – should read this book.” – Peter Mares

“brilliantly researched and elegantly presented… Boyce has given us a remarkable insight into the way the land that was used by Indigenous peoples became reinscribed as white property, and how the authorities would use force to defend it as such.” - Arena

“A first-class piece of historical writing. Boyce is a graceful and robust stylist and a fine storyteller.” – The Sunday Age

“Boyce continually reminds us of the tragic social and humanitarian consequences of expanding white settlement for the continent’s original inhabitants.” – The Sun Herald

“An eloquent and thought-provoking book.” – Australian Book Review

“1835 is the best book on Australian history I have read since Van Diemen’s Land. James Boyce is on a roll.” – Good Reading

‘These qualities [too numerous to list here] combine not only to make 1835 an important history, but also to confirm Boyce as an important voice in Australian history.’ - Australian Historical Studies