Briefly SOTW3 CH24, 41 Australia and New Zealand in History

SOTW3 CH24, begins on page 229

Sailing South

Captain Cook Reaches Botany Bay

M. B. Synge. Struggle for Sea Power:
Lang, John.   The Story of Captain Cook (images from Heritage 
History British Empire cd -It really is a GREAT BUY.)

Australia. 1765, 1771

The Convict Settlement

Australia. 1770-1773

SOTW3 CH 41, begins on page 375

New Zealand and Her Rulers

The Treaty of Waitangi

Synge Struggle for Sea Power: 

The New Zealand Wars

Marshall, Our British Empire
Extra Reading:
The Remarkable Voyages of Captain Cook by Rhonda Blumberg
Voyages to Paradise: Exploring in the Wake of Captain Cook by Wm. R. Gray, 
Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens England 1775-80 burning of Newgate prison, London
Janet Benge, Geoff Benge.  Benjamin Franklin: Live Wire  YWAM Publishing, 2005

We're excited about finishing The Hobbit, and The Lord of the Rings so we can see the movies filmed in New Zealand.