The road to Batemans Bay speculating on the South Coast during the 1840s depression
The Road to Batemans Bay is the story of competing ventures to create 'the Great Southern Township' on the South Coast of New South Wales in the early 1840s. The idea of developing the furthest reaches of settlement was linked to the hopes of southern woolgrowers for a road from their prop...
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| Language: | English |
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Canberra, ACT, Australia
ANU Press
2023, [2023]
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225)
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The first land purchasers on Batemans Bay
- 3. Puffing St Vincent
- 4. Competing for southern pre-eminence
- 5. Clint the engraver and his survey of St Vincent
- 6. John Staple and the trials of speculation
- 7. Long Beach and Australia's first lottery
- 8. Mercantile chicanery: It's a way that they have in Australia
- 9. The PS Clonmel and the southern shipping lane
- 10. Conclusion