Sydney Harbour [[electronic resource] ] : a history / / Ian Hoskins

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910792324903321
• Autore: Hoskins Ian
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Sydney, N.S.W., : UNSW Press, 2009
• ISBN: 1-74223-229-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (368 p.)
• Disciplina: 994.41
• Soggetti: Harbors - Australia - Sydney (N.S.W.); Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.) History; Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.) Pictorial works
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [346]-347) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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