Distracted settlement : New South Wales after Bligh : from the journal of Lieutenant James Finucane, 1808-1810

Author(s)

• Finucane, James, 1775 or 6
• Whitaker, Anne-Maree

Bibliographic Information

Distracted settlement : New South Wales after Bligh : from the journal of Lieutenant James Finucane, 1808-1810

edited and introduced by Anne-Maree Whitaker

（Miegunyah Press series, 2nd ser., no. 21）

Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press, 1998

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

From 1808 to 1810 Finucane, a lieutenant in the NSW Corp, was secretary to Lieutenant Governor Joseph Foveaux who acted as the colony's administrator after Bligh's overthrow. Finucane's account, published here for the first time, traces Foveaux's arrival from England, and his decision to assume the administration of the colony.

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Details

• NCID: BA47073373
• ISBN:
  • 0522847951
• LCCN: 98218915
• Country Code: at
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Carlton, Vic.
• Pages/Volumes: xxxi, 150 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : DU170
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : New South Wales -- Social life and customs
  • LCSH : New South Wales -- Politics and government
  • LCSH : New South Wales -- History
  • LCSH : Australia -- History -- 1788-1851
  • LCSH : Finucane, James, 1775 or 6-1860 -- Diaries
  • LCSH : Soldiers -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Diaries
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA12102544