Download or read book The French Explorers and Sydney written by Colin Dyer and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2009-09 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Annotation Featuring previously unpublished translations, this insightful volume of journals and records from seven expeditions of French exploration between 1788 and 1831 documents the early years of Sydney. These revealing accounts present intimate details of the everyday lives at all levels of society, from governors'parties to convict labor. The cultural observations and outsider perspectives on the new British colony and its leading citizens is surprising and engaging, simultaneously painting a vivid picture of early Australia, British colonial history, and the interests of pivotal French explorers such as Freycinet, Laperouse, and Bouganville.