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A traveller's history of Australia / John H. Chambers ; line drawings, John Hoste.

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  • ISBN: 1566564247
  • ISBN: 9781566564243
  • Physical Description: xi, 347 pages : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
  • Edition: 2nd edition; revised and updated
  • Publisher: New York : Interlink Books, 2002.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-317) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Two beginnings -- The physical environment -- Aboriginal Australia -- Europeans arrive -- The convict system and the growth of the first two colonies -- New Britannias: Cities and colonies all around the coast -- Explorers and squatters: The demise of Black Australia -- Economic development: 1850-1900 -- Democracy and nationalism: 1820-1900 -- The early federation, the Great War, the 1920s and '30s -- World War II and post-war changes to 1972 -- Politics, the economy, and culture since 1972 -- Adaptation of the red kangaroo to the environment -- Why boomerangs return -- Governors-General, Governors, and Premiers -- Prime Ministers -- Chronology of major events -- Further reading -- Historical gazetteer.
Subject:
Australia > History.

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