The Road to Batemans Bay : Speculating on the South Coast During the 1840s Depression

The Road to Batemans Bay Speculating on the South Coast During the 1840s Depression

The Road to Batemans Bay is the story of competing ventures to create 'the Great Southern Township' on the South Coast of New South Wales in the early 1840s. The idea of developing the furthest reaches of settlement was linked to the hopes of southern woolgrowers for a road from their prop...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Greig, Alastair (-)
Corporate Author: Australian National University Press, publisher (publisher)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Canberra : ANU Press 2023.
Edition:1st ed
Subjects:
South Coast (N.S.W.) > History > 19th century.
South Coast (N.S.W.) > Economic conditions > 19th century.
South Coast (N.S.W.) > Commerce > 19th century.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009803407506719
Table of Contents:
  • 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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