The Oxford History of Australia

This is an assertive, feminist, at times revisionist reading of Australia's colonial history. Jan Kociumbas traces the development of the various British penal colonies during the century that followed James Coook's discovery of Australia. Jan Kociumbas traces the development of the various British penal colonies during the century that followed James Cook's discovery of Australia, in an assertive, feminist, and at times revisionist reading of Australia's colonial history.