JAMES BOYCE: 1835: the Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia

Launch of JAMES BOYCE’s new book, 1835: the Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia.

The launch details are as follows:

Melbourne: Thursday 7 July, 6.30pm, Readings Carlton, launched by Michael Cathcart.
Hobart: Tuesday 12 July, 5.30pm, Hobart Bookshop, launched by Michael Roe
Launceston, Wednesday 13 July, 5.30pm, Fullers Launceston, launched by Don Wing

In addition, On Sunday 24 July at 2pm James will be in conversation with Jeff Sparrow, joint author of Radical Melbourne: A Secret History and editor of Overland, at Fullers in Hobart. And on Thursday 7 July I will be at the Wheeler Centre in Melbourne doing the ‘soap box’ from 12.45 to 1.15pm.

All of these are open public events so please pass the details on to anyone who might be interested.

From Blackinc. Books:

1835 charts the story of those Boyce sees as the real founders of Melbourne; former convict bushmen and squatter employees, who were already familiar with the environment of Port Phillip before 1835, and shows why it was the settlement of Melbourne, rather than the founding of Sydney, that signalled the emergence of European control over Australia.

In 1835 an illegal squatter camp was established on the banks of the Yarra River. In defiance of authorities in London and Sydney, Tasmanian speculators began sending men and sheep across Bass Strait – and so changed the course of Australian history.

With the founding of Melbourne in 1835, a flood of settlers began spreading out across the Australian continent. In three years more land – and more people – were conquered than in the preceding fifty.

In 1835 James Boyce brings this pivotal moment to life. He traces the power plays in Hobart, Sydney and London, and describes the key personalities of Melbourne’s early days. He conjures up the Australian frontier – its complexity, its rawness and the way its legacy is still with us today. And he asks the poignant question largely ignored for 175 years: could it have been different?

With his first book, Van Diemen’s Land, Boyce introduced an utterly fresh approach to the nation’s history. “In re-imagining Australia’s past,” Richard Flanagan wrote, “it invents a new future.” 1835 continues this untold story.

Events for 1835:

Book launch of 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia
To be launched by Michael Roe
Date: Tuesday 12 July
Time: 5.30pm
Venue: The Hobart Bookshop, 22 Salamanca Square, Hobart
Bookings: Free event, all welcome.

Book launch of 1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia
To be launched by Don Wing
Date: Wednesday 13 July
Time: 5.30pm for a 6.00pm start
Venue: Fullers Launceston, 93 St. John St, Launceston
Tickets: Free event, all welcome

1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia
James Boyce in conversation with Jeff Sparrow
Date: Sunday 24 July
Time: 2.00pm
Venue: Fullers Hobart, 131 Collins St, Hobart
Tickets: Free event, all welcome. Please book at rsvp@fullersbookshop.com.au

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