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First published in Knopf hardback in 1999
This Vintage edition first published in 2000

Copyright John Birmingham 2000

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National Library of Australia
Cataloguing-in-Publication Entry

Birmingham, John, 1964-.

Leviathan: the unauthorised biography of Sydney.

Rev ed.
Bibliography.
Includes index.
ISBN 978 0 091 84203 1 (pbk.).

1. Cities and Towns - New South Wales - Sydney - Growth. 2. Immigrants - New South Wales - Sydney. 3. Aborigines, Australian - New South Wales - Sydney - History. 4. Police - New South Wales - Sydney. 5. Crime - New South Wales - Sydney. 6. Sydney (N.S.W.) - History. 7. Sydney (N.S.W.) - Environmental conditions. 8. Sydney (N.S.W.) - Social life and customs. I. Title.

994.41

Extracts from Green Bans, Red Unions by Meredith and Verity Burgmann reproduced with kind permission of UNSW Press. Extracts from Weevils in the Flour by Wendy Lowenstein reproduced with kind permission of the author.

Cover painting by Kevin Connor
Cover design by Greendot Design