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New lives in an old land : re-turning to the colonisation of New South Wales through stories of my parents and their ancestors / / Bronwyn Davies
| New lives in an old land : re-turning to the colonisation of New South Wales through stories of my parents and their ancestors / / Bronwyn Davies |
| Autore | Davies Bronwyn <1945-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 994.4020922 |
| Collana | Brill's Specials in Modern History |
| ISBN | 90-04-44671-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Prologue -- PART 1: Picking at the Skin of Silence: Stories of My Parents and Grandparents -- 1 Growing up at 98 Upper Street -- 2 Alice (Al) Nivison and Euston Blomfield -- 3 Norma Nivison Blomfield -- 4 Jean Carty and George William Hope Davies -- 5 Thomas Alfred Davies (Tom) -- PART 2: Of Princes, Paupers and Soldiers: Stories of My Father's Family -- 6 Rodri Mawr, King of All Wales -- 7 Danish Princes and Princesses -- 8 David Campbell and the Bushrangers -- 9 From Soldier to Farmer to Magistrate: Thomas Alfred Davies and Maria Louisa Campbell -- 10 Small Selectors: Margaret Miles and Michael Carty -- PART 3: Of Judges and Surveyors, Sailors and Soldiers, Convicts and Farmers: Stories of My Mother's Family -- Introduction to Part 3 -- 11 The First Fleet. David Collins: Buried in Oblivion? -- 12 The Irish Uprising: Thomas Blomfield in Ireland -- 13 Richard Brooks: A Tragic Journey -- 14 Thomas Valentine (Val) Blomfield: At War with Napoleon -- 15 Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land: David Collins and His Descendants -- 16 Opening Up the Interior of New South Wales: William Cox -- 17 A Woman's View of the Colony: Christiana Brooks -- 18 From Soldier to Farmer: Thomas Valentine and Christiana Jane Brooks -- 19 Deputy Surveyor General: Samuel Perry and Surveying and Mapping the Land -- 20 From Scottish Tenant Farmers to Landed Gentry: Mary Wightman and Abraham Nivison -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- References -- Index of Authors -- Index of Subjects. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794693203321 |
Davies Bronwyn <1945->
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| Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2021] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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New lives in an old land : re-turning to the colonisation of New South Wales through stories of my parents and their ancestors / / Bronwyn Davies
| New lives in an old land : re-turning to the colonisation of New South Wales through stories of my parents and their ancestors / / Bronwyn Davies |
| Autore | Davies Bronwyn <1945-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2021] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
| Disciplina | 994.4020922 |
| Collana | Brill's Specials in Modern History |
| ISBN | 90-04-44671-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgements -- List of Illustrations -- Prologue -- PART 1: Picking at the Skin of Silence: Stories of My Parents and Grandparents -- 1 Growing up at 98 Upper Street -- 2 Alice (Al) Nivison and Euston Blomfield -- 3 Norma Nivison Blomfield -- 4 Jean Carty and George William Hope Davies -- 5 Thomas Alfred Davies (Tom) -- PART 2: Of Princes, Paupers and Soldiers: Stories of My Father's Family -- 6 Rodri Mawr, King of All Wales -- 7 Danish Princes and Princesses -- 8 David Campbell and the Bushrangers -- 9 From Soldier to Farmer to Magistrate: Thomas Alfred Davies and Maria Louisa Campbell -- 10 Small Selectors: Margaret Miles and Michael Carty -- PART 3: Of Judges and Surveyors, Sailors and Soldiers, Convicts and Farmers: Stories of My Mother's Family -- Introduction to Part 3 -- 11 The First Fleet. David Collins: Buried in Oblivion? -- 12 The Irish Uprising: Thomas Blomfield in Ireland -- 13 Richard Brooks: A Tragic Journey -- 14 Thomas Valentine (Val) Blomfield: At War with Napoleon -- 15 Lieutenant Governor of Van Diemen's Land: David Collins and His Descendants -- 16 Opening Up the Interior of New South Wales: William Cox -- 17 A Woman's View of the Colony: Christiana Brooks -- 18 From Soldier to Farmer: Thomas Valentine and Christiana Jane Brooks -- 19 Deputy Surveyor General: Samuel Perry and Surveying and Mapping the Land -- 20 From Scottish Tenant Farmers to Landed Gentry: Mary Wightman and Abraham Nivison -- Epilogue -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- References -- Index of Authors -- Index of Subjects. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827315503321 |
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Davies Bronwyn <1945->
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| Leiden ; ; Boston : , : Brill, , [2021] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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