![]() ![]() ‘Anyone who calls Melbourne home – in fact anyone who calls Australia home – should read this book.’ -Peter Mares “In re-imagining Australia’s past,” Richard Flanagan wrote, “it invents a new future.” 1835 continues this untold story. ![]() With his first book, Van Diemen’s Land, Boyce introduced an utterly fresh approach to the nation’s history. And he asks the poignant question largely ignored for 175 years: could it have been different? He conjures up the Australian frontier – its complexity, its rawness and the way its legacy is still with us today. He traces the power plays in Hobart, Sydney and London, and describes the key personalities of Melbourne’s early days. In 1835 James Boyce brings this pivotal moment to life. In three years more land – and more people – was conquered than in the preceding fifty. With the founding of Melbourne in 1835, a flood of settlers began spreading out across the Australian continent. Winner of the 2012 Age Book of the Year Award and the 2013 Tasmania Book Prize ![]()
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