| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 359 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Contents; Introduction; 1. The harbour people; 2. An unexpected harbour; 3. From convicts to commerce; 4. Possession secured; 5. Foreshore defenders; 6. A harbour of wonder, a harbour of filth; 7. Big plans and a bridge; 8. Workers and warriors; 9. Modern harbour; 10. The people's harbour; Acknowledgments; Notes; Select bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
In 1925 DH Lawrence described a 'huge, restless, modern Sydney, whose million inhabitants seem to slip like fishes from one side of the harbour to the other'. What was true then had been the case for centuries before, and decades since. Sydney Harbour has been a defining element for the people who have lived around it since the time of the harbour clans a means of communication, a barrier, a resource to be exploited, a place of beauty, spirit and meaning. Sydney Harbour explores the story of the waterway from the time of the Gameragal, Gadigal and others to contemporary debates about the fut |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-347) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Harbors -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.)
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Harbors -- Australia -- Sydney (N.S.W.) -- Pictorial works
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Harbors
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Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.) -- History
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Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.) -- Pictorial works
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| Subject |
New South Wales -- Sydney
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New South Wales -- Sydney Harbour
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| Genre/Form |
illustrated books.
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Illustrated works
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History
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Pictorial works
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Electronic books.
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Illustrated works.
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Ouvrages illustrés.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781742232294 |
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1742232299 |
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1921410167 |
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9781921410161 |
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