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Joseph Foveaux : Power and Patronage in Colonial New South Wales by Anne-Maree Harriet Cox Whitaker is a biography available to read on EtoBox.
What is Joseph Foveaux : Power and Patronage in Colonial New South Wales about?
In this biography, Anne-Maree Whitaker uncovers the role of Joseph Foveaux, a neglected and sometimes unfairly criticised key figure in the development of the colony of New South Wales. The text describes in detail the worlds in which Foveaux moved: the elaborate milieu of parliamentary politics and patronage in London, and the rough and tumble of the colonies of Norfolk Island and New South Wales where he was lieutenant governor. We meet the irascible William Bligh, the visionary Lachlan Macqua
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Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Anne-Maree Harriet Cox Whitaker
- Publisher
- Sydney: University of New South Wales Press
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780868405551
- Category
- biography
- Subjects
- History, Biography, Memoir
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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