The World Upside Down: Australia 1788–1830

Publisher: National Library of Australia, Canberra
Year: 2000
Format: Softcover with flaps
Pages: v, 58 pages, with colour illustrations and facsimiles
ISBN: 0642107130 / 9780642107138
Type of Book: Australian colonial history, exhibition catalogue, National Library of Australia publication

Description
The World Upside Down: Australia 1788–1830 was published by the National Library of Australia to accompany the exhibition held from 4 March to 25 June 2000. Drawing on maps, books, artworks and documentary records from the National Library’s collections, this catalogue explores early colonial Australia and the ways in which New South Wales was observed, recorded and interpreted between 1788 and 1830.

The volume includes essays by Michelle Hetherington, Richard Neville, Sasha Grishin, Deborah Oxley, Patricia R. McDonald, Michael Rosenthal and Robert Holden. Topics include early colonial records, British curiosity about New South Wales, depictions of Indigenous peoples, women and children in early colonial society, colonial art, landscape, and the work of Augustus Earle.

A valuable reference for readers interested in Australian colonial history, early documentary records, colonial art, First Nations representation, and the National Library of Australia’s major collections, including the Rex Nan Kivell and Ferguson collections.

Includes bibliographical references.

Condition
Softcover with flaps. Near Fine condition.

Why You’ll Love It
A compact but richly researched exhibition catalogue, offering an engaging look at early colonial Australia through art, maps, books and