Title Great southern land : a new history of Australia / Frank Welsh

Published London : Allen Lane, 2004

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Location	Call no.	Vol.	Availability
W'PONDS	994 Wel/Gsl		AVAILABLE
W'PONDS	994 Wel/Gsl		AVAILABLE

Description xxxviii, 719 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm regular print Contents 1. Terra Australis Nondum Cognita -- 2. The new Australians -- 3. Whigs and Tories -- 4. Occupied notices -- 5. Representative government -- 6. The capacity to govern themselves -- 7. The transition to responsible government -- 8. Exploration and expansion -- 9. Federation -- 10. The Commonwealth feels its way -- 11. War and peace -- 12. The Second World War and its aftermath -- 13. The shadows of Vietnam -- 14. It's time -- 15. The coalition strikes back Summary Frank Welsh's new history of Australia is the first to be written by a non-Australian, and the first to be based on archival research not only in Australia, but in Britain, the USA, Canada and South Africa Analysis History Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography : pages 647-672 SUBJECT Australia -- Foreign relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009588 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Australia -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009597 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Australia -- Social conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114311 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Australia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 LC no. 00002595 ISBN 0713994509 hardback

Other Titles New history of Australia

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