y separately published work icon An Early Colonial Hero : the Amazing Adventures of Josephus Henry Barsden : the Barsden Journal : 1799-1873 single work   autobiography  
Issue Details: First known date: 2005... 2005 An Early Colonial Hero : the Amazing Adventures of Josephus Henry Barsden : the Barsden Journal : 1799-1873
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    • Newcastle, Newcastle - Hunter Valley area, New South Wales,: William Michael Press , 2005 .
      Extent: xii, 181 p.p.
      Description: illus.
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      • Edited and introduced by Grant Rodwell.
      ISBN: 1921019174
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y separately published work icon The Barsden Memoirs (1799-1816) : An Australian Transnational Adolescence Grant Rodwell , London : Routledge , 2022 23435397 2022 single work criticism

'Covering the life of Josephus Henry Barsden from his birth in 1799 through his childhood to 16 years of age, the Barsden memoirs cover events from a Sussex smugglers’ inn, a convict ship to the colony of New South Wales, sealing and whaling expeditions to Van Diemen’s Land, and Barsden’s participation in a Tahitian civil war. Rodwell assesses the value of memoirs, and of these memoirs in particular to students of history in respect to the transnational paradigm. He tests the historicity and veracity of their contents, and provides an engaging exegesis and graphical supplement of its contents. Of central importance is Barsden’s account of the Battle of Fe’i Pi, which was in many respects the Pacific’s equivalent to the contemporaneous Battle of Waterloo, such was its lasting impact on Pacific geopolitics. This was no ordinary childhood, and poses many questions about a transnational adolescent’s impact on major events. A fascinating read for scholars and students of Australian, Pacific, and British Colonial History, written with academic rigour but accessible to non-specialists.'

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y separately published work icon The Barsden Memoirs (1799-1816) : An Australian Transnational Adolescence Grant Rodwell , London : Routledge , 2022 23435397 2022 single work criticism

'Covering the life of Josephus Henry Barsden from his birth in 1799 through his childhood to 16 years of age, the Barsden memoirs cover events from a Sussex smugglers’ inn, a convict ship to the colony of New South Wales, sealing and whaling expeditions to Van Diemen’s Land, and Barsden’s participation in a Tahitian civil war. Rodwell assesses the value of memoirs, and of these memoirs in particular to students of history in respect to the transnational paradigm. He tests the historicity and veracity of their contents, and provides an engaging exegesis and graphical supplement of its contents. Of central importance is Barsden’s account of the Battle of Fe’i Pi, which was in many respects the Pacific’s equivalent to the contemporaneous Battle of Waterloo, such was its lasting impact on Pacific geopolitics. This was no ordinary childhood, and poses many questions about a transnational adolescent’s impact on major events. A fascinating read for scholars and students of Australian, Pacific, and British Colonial History, written with academic rigour but accessible to non-specialists.'

Source : publisher's blurb
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