Richard Brooks: From Convict Ship Captain to Pillar of Early Colonial Australia

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Richard Brooks: From Convict Ship Captain to Pillar of Early Colonial Australia

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Richard Brooks (c.1765-1833) was a man of self interest and entrepreneurial verve. Privateer, smuggler, convict sea captain, rum trader turned respectable magistrate and colonial squire, his life was a microcosm of early colonial Sydney, Australia. He was a ship-owner, merchant ship captain and financier. He kept the colony supplied with spirits thus greasing the wheels of commerce. As the largest cattle owner in the country, Richard Brooks was at the frontier of exploration and Aboriginal dispossession. He survived numerous scandals, including accusations of inhumanity, fraud, smuggling, cattle theft, assault, claim-jumping and infidelity. But his strength of personality and 'habit of command' meant people warmed to him; even Governors Bligh and Macquarie sought his advice. This story provides a glimpse into the social, political and domestic life of that famed group of landowning settlers of the first twenty years of the colony - large convict estates, regency mansions, dynastic marriages and extensive pastoral and squatting empires. Meticulously researched, it gives the reader a real feel for the life of early colonial Australia. [Subject: History, Aboriginal Studies, Biography]

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Pages 248
Publisher Rosenberg Publishing
Published N/A
ISBN 29066382
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Christine Maher
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Christine Maher

Christine Maher writes contemporary fiction and has always been fascinated by character-driven stories. They hold a degree in English Literature and previously worked as an editor before transitioning to writing their own books. Christine Maher lives with their spouse and a very vocal rescue cat.

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