Traveller's History of Australia

Name: Traveller's History of Australia
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ISBN: 9781566564243

ISBN-10: 1566564247

ISBN-13: 9781566564243

Edition: 2nd 2017

Authors: John H. Chambers

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Book details

List price: $14.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2017
Publisher: Interlink Publishing Group, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/17/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 5.00" wide x 7.75" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 0.924
Language: English



Preface


Introduction: 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


Index


Maps


Physical map of Australia


Sahul and important archaeological sites


Voyage of the First Fleet, 1787-88


The evolution of colonial and state boundaries showing capital cities


Long-distance exploration


The route of the overland telegraph line


The main mining districts: historical and contemporary


Modern map of Australia


Major Aboriginal lands