A delightful read and the best resource I ever found for building my vocabulary

I was surprised that the average rating of this book was so low. Australia is unique among nations in the manner of its founding and settlement. You will find no “Crocodile Dundee” theatrics here. This book is the most comprehensive treatment of the subject of the founding of Australia. It was not necessarily a pretty picture but sheer determination.

Was interesting to learn more about how Australia was inhabited by convicts and miscreants from England. But the read was laborious and dull much of the time.Not a book I would read again.