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Offensive Realism..Great powers are always searching for opportunities to gain power over their rivals, with hegemony as the final goal. Structure of the system is the cause of this.

Ch 4
"77,77,79
FF 81
Cringe 86
Abo policy - share land, cordiality, 'civilise'. 80
Drought tensions
Abo pop'n decline 82-87
Equality 89

Ch 3
"Agents of Astonishing Change" sheep, marino luck, macarthur, graziers/squatters, textile boom, 15mil 1850.

Immigration (56,70)

Exploration(57) BLW 1813. Hume, sturt, mitchell BAB. intrepid, ambitious, resourceful.

- Governors (63-68) Macquarie (the builder) "much more than open air prison". Brisbane, darling, bourke, Gipps.

Convict spike 20-40, ceased in syd, VDL 40-53.

WA SA Summ(72-4)

Ch 2
"convict life better that england 27, complaints28
FF arrived 20/1/1788, BB unsuitable, Sydney Cove, housingfood(30-31), poor soil(paramatta +) Abo(Mahoot,Bennellong33), smallpox:((35)
NSW Corps - Macarthur(marino)
Land Grants(38)
Napean Conflict, Pemulwuy(40)
French fear (colony expansion, land right laws)
Flinders & Bass
Irish rebels, castle hill, margot "46"
Ousting of bligh(47-48) 1808.;

Ch 1
1st arrivals 60-40000 from Timor or Indo. Nomad-hunter gathers (agriculture not suitable pg11)
Dutch exploration(1606-mid1700s)Abel Tasman Aus to dry for commerce
Disease (VD,smallpox) 75% Cook observe transit of Venus Tahiti,mapped NZ spotted Aus 20/4/1770 one wk later BB, no skirmish! Banks.
Terra Nullis(20-22)
Convict colony Us independence, no gaols, BB appeal(23)
Phillip left 13/5/1787

Section IV - A truly frightening section. Murray describes the threats humanity faces below us; earthquakes, volcanoes and even geysers! The desponding thing is that humans cannot, predict these phenomena let alone prevent the from occurring. Section IV really kicked home the fragility of one's existence. One quote did allay some anxiety "pg 289".

Traditional english virtues vs promiscuity/wantonness. Liberation vs repression of female sexuality.

Sexual innuendo of blood tranfusions. Purity righteousness of Lucy's donors. Medical Science vs superstition.

The epistolary form of the novel allows Stoker to maintain suspense throughout, not only keeping us in the dark, but also keeping his own characters guessing at the nature of their own predicaments.

science kids dream

Fantastic foreboding, omens and foreshadowing.
Chilling moments.