1835 : The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia James Boyce

In many ways this book is companion of James Boyce's book Van Diemens Land.  It deals with the absolute arrogance and greed for land by the invading first settlers of south east mainland Australia, in what is now Victoria.  The aboriginal people were duped and mislead into believing they would not be displaced from their land, but of course the opposite was exactly what happened and did so with the connivance of the governors of Van Diemens Land and New South Wales.   It is hard not to feel very grieved for the appalling treatment of the local aboriginal communities.