Author: Francis Keble CrowleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
A Documentary History of Australia: Colonial Australia, 1875-1900
Author: Francis Keble CrowleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Colonial Australia, 1875-1900
Author: Francis Keble CrowleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
A Documentary History of Australia: Colonial Australia, 1788-1840
Author: Francis Keble CrowleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
A Documentary History of Australia
Author: Francis Keble CrowleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
A Documentary History of Australia
Author: The Queensland Caesar
Author: Denver BeanlandPublisher: Boolarong Press
ISBN: 192210955X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
This new book provides a fresh analysis of Queensland during the colonial era. It provides new insights into Queenslands past. Sir Thomas McIlwraith thundered across Queensland's political and business landscape for 30 years. The three times Premier took bold and audacious actions, and had the energy and motivation to drive not only the colony's economic development, but also his own business enterprises. The biography analyses McIlwraith's progressive beliefs in economic development, European settlement, railways, responsible government, nationalism, federation, republicanism, defence and foreign policy, issues that are as relevant today as they were in the colonial era. The publication narrates the history of one of Queensland great political figures, charting the trials and tribulations of arguably one of the most significant Scotsmen to come to the Antipodes. Modern day historians have presented McIlwraith as a larger-than-life conservative entrepreneur rather than a classical laissez-faire liberal who strived to make Queensland the premier colony of Australia.
Churchill and Australia
Author: Graham FreudenbergPublisher: Macmillan Publishers Aus.
ISBN: 1742623670
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 622
Book Description
"Australia seemed to bring out the worst in Winston Churchill. Often enough to form a discernible pattern, Australia found itself on the wrong side of the very qualities-his strength of will, singleness of purpose, his refusal to 'give way, in things great or small, large or petty', the power of his imagination to set grim reality at defiance, his mastery of the English language-that made Winston Churchill, as the philosopher Isaiah Berlin described him, 'the saviour of his country, the largest human being of his time'." Winston Churchill was a titan of the 20th Century, universally acknowledged as one of the greatest leaders of his age. Yet his relationship with Australia was a fraught one, tainted by the military failure of the Gallipoli campaign in the First War, and the disaster of Singapore in the Second. Churchill the patrician, descendant of dukes, could not appreciate Australia's dearly held egalitarianism, while Churchill the imperial statesman was impatient, and at times intolerant, of Australia's growing urge towards independence. The relationship between the two would span the first 50 tumultuous years of the 20th Century, from the Boer War through to opening salvoes of the Cold War, and act as a fascinating backdrop to Australia's maturity from a collection of autonomous colonies to full nationhood. Written with extraordinary narrative verve, and relying on exhaustive research and a true insider's knowledge of the political world, this is history written at its compelling best. Winner of the Walkley Award for Non-fiction 2008
The Forgotten Worker
Author: John E. MartinPublisher: Bridget Williams Books
ISBN: 1877242799
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 295
Book Description
As New Zealand's agricultural industry developed in the twentieth century, the rural worker – shearer, labourer, musterer – began to disappear from public view. In this fascinating study, John Martin uncovers the lives of these 'forgotten workers', describing their working lives, relationships with employers, living conditions and expectations. Their experiences are brought to life in their own words and a remarkable range of photographs, painting a vivid portrait of a changing world. The Forgotten Worker is also an account of New Zealand's changing rural world, altered by the development of the family farm, the growth of dairying and increased mechanisation.
Colonial Australia, 1788-1840
Author: Francis Keble CrowleyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 648
Book Description
A Concise History of New South Wales
Author: John S CroucherPublisher: Woodslane Press
ISBN: 1925868524
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Professor John Croucher gives an account of the first and continuing history of the first peoples to live in the region now known as New South Wales, as well as its history from the days of British settlement and its more recent history, of the waves of other immigrants who have made New South Wales their home. Each section in the book focuses on a different cultural or historical aspect which is examined thoroughly from the beginnings of British settlement. The complete development of the state is told, weaving through these various areas of focus, along with the important people and events. Remarkable pioneers have helped shape not only the state but the country as a whole and their voices, some coming to us via oral history, others via historical documents, make fascinating reading.