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Watkin Tench

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1788

Text Classics (14 May 2013)
9781921922312
| Paperback
320 pages | English
$ 12.95 | Value: $ 12.95

Plot

I do not hesitate to declare that the natives of New South Wales possess a considerable portion of that acumen, or sharpness of intellect, which bespeaks genius.In 1788 Watkin Tench stepped ashore at Botany Bay with the First Fleet. This curious young captain of the marines was an effortless storyteller. His account of the infant colony is the first classic of Australian literature.