Convict settlers, seamen's greens, and imperial designs at Port Jackson: A maritime perspective of British settler agriculture

Agricultural History

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 261-288

  McGillivery, Angus R ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; COLONIALISM; IMMIGRATION; IMPERIALISM;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; PORT JACKSON;

EID: 3843121313     PISSN: 00021482     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/ah.2004.78.3.261     Document Type: Article

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