Comprehensive history of Sydney harbour.

In 1925 DH Lawrence described a huge, restless, modern Sydney, whose million inhabitants seem to slip like fishes from one side of the harbour to the other. What was true then had been the case for centuries before, and decades since. Explores the story of this great waterway

Contents

1. The indigenous harbour

2. The unexpected harbour

3. From convicts to commerce

4. A ʻcivilisedʼ harbour

5. Defending the harbour

6. A harbour of wonder, a harbour of filth

7. Planning the harbour 8. Workers and warriors

9. Modernism and its critics

10. The peopleʼs harbour

Publisher: University of New South Wales Press

Year: 2009. 1st Edition

Condition: Decorative cloth hardcover with a a pictorial 2/3 wrap around jacket. SIGNED by the author on the title page.

Sydney Harbour a History by Ian Hoskins, SIGNED Hardcover/Dust Jacket