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Australian History

The Rocks: Life in Early Sydney by Grace Karskens

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September 1997, no. 194

The Rocks: Life in Early Sydney by Grace Karskens

MUP, $34.39 hb, 320 pp

Australian History

The Rocks: Life in Early Sydney by Grace Karskens

by •
September 1997, no. 194

‘The historical aspects of The Rocks should not be oversold’, declared a recent Sydney Cove Authority strategic plan, ‘it should be used as a background’. In this sanitised heritage precinct, tourists might thrill to the hint of a raffish past, but should be shielded from more intimate and disturbing glimpses. This is always easy in the absence of systematic research.

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Geoffrey Bolton

Geoffrey Bolton (1931–2015) was an influential historian and academic. Among his many publications were Claremont: A history (1999), Paul Hasluck: A life (2014), and The Oxford History of Australia, Volume 5, 1942 –1988, The Middle Way (1990). He contributed to ABR from 1964 to 2006.

Geoffrey Bolton reviews 'The Rocks: Life in Early Sydney' by Grace Karskens

The Rocks: Life in Early Sydney

by Grace Karskens

MUP, $34.39 hb, 320 pp

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