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Author Blainey, Geoffrey, 1930- author

Title A history of Victoria / Geoffrey Blainey
Edition Second edition
Published Port Melbourne, Vic. : Cambridge University Press, 2013
Port Melbourne, VIC : Cambridge University Press, 2013
©2013

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 MELB  994.5 Bla/Hov 2013  AVAILABLE
Description xi, 338 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
regular print
Contents Machine generated contents note: pt. One Feathers, Fleece and Dust of Gold -- 1.A Turban of Feathers -- 2.Australia Felix -- 3.A Golden Ant Hill -- 4.The Silver Stick -- 5.One in Ten Thousand -- 6.̀My Lord the Workingman' -- 7.Sunshine and Moonshine -- 8.Who Am I? -- pt. Two Whirlwind and Calm -- 9.When the Bubble Burst -- 10.The Horse and Its Conquerors -- 11.Hope, Depression, Fire and War -- 12.The Rise and Fall of Albert the Great -- 13.The Jolting Merry-Go-Round -- 14.A Long Race: Melbourne and Sydney -- 15.Whirlwind in Spring Street -- 16.The New Victorians: Life, Work and Play -- 17.Koala, Growling Frog, Drought and Fire -- 18.A Bulging City
Summary A lively account of the people, places and events that have shaped Victoria with new illustrations, photographs and maps. This book traces the history of Victoria from the time the Aboriginals could walk across Bass Strait to the State's fall from grace and the collapse of the Cain government
Notes "First published by Methuen Haynes as Our side of the country: the story of Victoria in 1984. Revised edition published by Sun Books in 1991. Revised edition first published by Cambridge University Press as A history of Victoria in 2006. Reprinted 2007. Second edition 2013"--Title page verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Audience Tertiary/Undergraduate, General
SUBJECT Victoria http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046608 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
Victoria http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046608 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024
Victoria -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007556
Victoria http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79046608 -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008850
Author Blainey, Geoffrey. Our side of the country
LC no. 2013431762
ISBN 9781107691612 (paperback)
Other Titles Victoria
'Our side of the country; the story of Victoria