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ONLINE

First edition

1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages) : illustrations

ISBN 9781760466060 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 9781760466053 (print)

Print version: Greig, Alastair, 1960- Road to Batemans Bay : Speculating on the South Coast During the 1840s Depression. First edition. Canberra, ACT, Australia : ANU Press, c2023 xiv, 234 pages ISBN 9781760466053

Includes bibliographical references and index

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.

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(OCoLC)1419770912