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Autore |
Boyce James K. |
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1835 : the founding of Melbourne & the conquest of Australia / / James Boyce |
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Collingwood, Victoria : , : Black Inc., , 2013 |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (328 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
Melbourne (Vic.) History |
Australia History |
Australia Colonization |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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COVER PAGE; TITLE PAGE; COPYRIGHT PAGE; DEDICATION; CONTENTS; MAP OF PASTORAL SETTLEMENT OF AUSTRALIA; MAP OF PASTORAL SETTLEMENT OF VICTORIA; PREFACE; PART I: SETTING THE SCENE; 1. THE YARRA 1835; 2. BASS STRAIT 1835; 3. VAN DIEMEN'S LAND 1835; 4. SYDNEY 1835; 5. LONDON 1835; PART II: SETTING SAIL; 6. THE PORT PHILLIP ASSOCIATION; 7. THE TREATY; 8. FIRST SETTLEMENT; PART III: MELBOURNE'S FIRST YEAR; 9. A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL CAMP; 10. CAMPING IN KULIN COUNTRY; 11. EARLY CONFLICT; PART IV: DECISION TIME; 12. THE COLONIES RESPOND; 13. THE EMPIRE DECIDES; PART V: THE AFTERMATH |
14. EXPLOSIVE GROWTH15. CONQUEST CONFIRMED; 16. MELBOURNE'S CROSS-CULTURAL ENCOUNTER; PART VI: UNDERSTANDING CONQUEST; 17. FRONTIER TRUTHS; 18. WHAT IF?; EPILOGUE; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; NOTES; REFERENCES |
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Winner of the 2012 Age Book of the Year Award and the 2013 Tasmania Book PrizeWith the founding of Melbourne in 1835, a flood of settlers began spreading out across the Australian continent. In three years more land - and more people - was conquered than in the preceding fifty.In 1835 James Boyce brings this pivotal moment to life. |
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