| Description |
1518 pages : illustrations(part color), facsimiles, maps, portrs. ; 29cm |
| Contents |
PART 1: In search of the great south land -- Cook's voyage that put us on the map -- The beginning of the ordeal -- Disaster years with the rum corps -- 'An arrogant, exclusive, ruthless caste' -- Rebellion that led to oppression and decay -- Macquarie, the passionate improver -- Turbulent years of doubt -- Intolerant years under Darling -- Explorers press onwards -- The slow beginning out west -- Struggle to start a free colony -- The founding of Melbourne -- The humane years under Governor Bourke -- Strident years under Governor Gipps -- Bringing the convict days to an end -- The Port Phillip struggle to be free -- PART 2: Boom years with the discovery of gold -- Bloody climax to miners' grievances -- The great changes that came with gold -- Shaping our own democratic destiny -- Growth in the north, centre and west -- Explorers strike out further -- Bushranger bonanza and sports pages -- Racial problems and more -- Confident country during the boom -- How the trade unions grew -- Bringing the colonies closer -- The rugged race to the golden west -- The great slump of the 1890s -- National unity moves into sight -- Economic expansion and prosperity -- |
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PART 3. We rush to fight World War I -- Time to count the cost -- Expansive war years -- An era of record breakers -- An era of great creation -- On the verge of bankruptcy -- On the road to recovery -- War that reached our doorstep -- Post war economic health -- Pursuit of leisure, fall of labor -- And so to the era of Menzies -- Hectic creative years -- Recession, boom and the end of an era -- The past and the present -- Index |
| Notes |
Index |
| SUBJECT |
Australia -- History -- 1788-1900. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009593
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Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- 1788-1974
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Australia -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009594
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Australia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591
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| LC no. |
77362099 |
| ISBN |
0600072193 |
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