{"product_id":"the-sydney-wars-conflict-in-the-early-colony-1788-1817-9781742232140","title":"The Sydney Wars: Conflict in the early colony,","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescribed by one early colonist as ‘this constant sort of war’, \u003cem\u003eThe Sydney Wars\u003c\/em\u003e tells the history of military engagements between Europeans and Aboriginal Australians around greater Sydney.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTelling the story of the first years of colonial Sydney in a new and original way, this provocative book is the first detailed account of the warfare that occurred across the Sydney region from the arrival of a British expedition in 1788 to the last recorded conflict in the area in 1817. \u003cem\u003eThe Sydney Wars\u003c\/em\u003e sheds new light on how British and Aboriginal forces developed military tactics and how the violence played out.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnalysing the paramilitary roles of settlers and convicts and the militia defensive systems that were deployed, it shows that white settlers lived in fear, while Indigenous people fought back as their land and resources were taken away. Stephen Gapps details the violent conflict that formed part of a long period of colonial strategic efforts to secure the Sydney basin and, in time, the rest of the continent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A powerful and cogent contribution to one of the most contentious aspects of Australian history: the war between British settlers and the First Nations. The fine detailed research will mean that we will have to radically reassess our understanding of the history of the first thirty years of settlement.’ - Henry Reynolds","brand":"NewSouth Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50469898486103,"sku":"9781742232140","price":17.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781742232140.jpg?v=1744896667","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-sydney-wars-conflict-in-the-early-colony-1788-1817-9781742232140","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}