The Americans In The South Seas

"The Americans In The South Seas: 1901" by Louis Becke is an article that focuses on the influence the United States of America had on the ports and sea-fairing ways of the Australian colony. The English Government which had despatched the famous "First Fleet" of convict transports to the then unknown shores of Botany Bay, had not counted upon an American intrusion into the Australian Seas, thus their arrival was unwelcome and led to much tension between these nations.