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Issue Details: First known date: 2013... 2013 French Designs on Colonial New South Wales : Francois Peron's Memoir on the English Settlements in New Holland, Van Dieman's Land and the Archipelagos of the Great Pacific Ocean
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'The latest Friends’ publication emanating from the Baudin voyage is French Designs on Colonial New South Wales.

'It contains the first ever English translation of François Péron’s detailed secret report to Napoleon about the potential to invade New South Wales and make the British colony a French possession in the Pacific.

'Professor Jean Fornasiero and Associate Professor John West-Sooby of The University of Adelaide have made a superb translation of Péron’s notes. This is supported by an introduction setting the historical context and detailing the complex bibliographic history of the text.' (Publication summary)

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French Lessons Nicolas Rothwell , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 April 2014; (p. 16-17)

— Review of French Designs on Colonial New South Wales : Francois Peron's Memoir on the English Settlements in New Holland, Van Dieman's Land and the Archipelagos of the Great Pacific Ocean Francois Peron , John West-Sooby (translator), Jean Fornasiero (translator), 2013 single work autobiography
French Lessons Nicolas Rothwell , 2014 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 April 2014; (p. 16-17)

— Review of French Designs on Colonial New South Wales : Francois Peron's Memoir on the English Settlements in New Holland, Van Dieman's Land and the Archipelagos of the Great Pacific Ocean Francois Peron , John West-Sooby (translator), Jean Fornasiero (translator), 2013 single work autobiography
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