Author and historian Martin Greenwood is perhaps best known locally for his books about village life in the fictional county of Banburyshire. These include books inspired by Flora Thompson’s Lark Rise Country, such as The Real Candleford Green, The Story of a Lark Rise Village. In his new book The Promised Land he has written a lively and knowledgeable story of emigration from Oxfordshire and its neighbouring counties from 1815 to 1914. The story begins with the voyages of Captain Cook and the discovery of Australia In 1770. In 1787 the First Fleet of 11 ships and about 1350 people under the command of Captain Arthur Phillip sailed for Australia. On 26 January 1788 a landing was made at Sydney Cove. The new colony was formally proclaimed as the Colony of New South Wales on 7 February.
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