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UNINA9910827023503321 |
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Autore |
Pearson Michael <1951-> |
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Titolo |
Pastoral Australia : fortunes, failures and hard yakka : a historical overview 1788-1967 / / Michael Pearson and Jane Lennon |
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Collingwood, Vic., : CSIRO Publishing in association with the Dept. of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and the Australian Heritage Council, 2010 |
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ISBN |
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0-643-10213-2 |
1-283-15637-7 |
9786613156372 |
0-643-10050-4 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (223 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Pastoral systems - Australia - History |
Sheep industry - Australia - History |
Wool industry - Australia - History |
Cattle trade - Australia - History |
Agriculture - Australia - History |
Australia History |
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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 (p. 190-197) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; CONTENTS; Maps:; Boxes:; Foreword; Authors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on Measurements; List of Abbreviations, Acronyms and Contractions; Introduction; Chapter 1. Genesis 1788-1830; Chapter 2. Boom, Bust and Gold 1830-1860; Chapter 3. After the Gold Rush: An Evolving Industry 1860-1890; Chapter 4. Consolidation and Expansion 1860-1890; Chapter 5. Depression and Drought 1890-1915; Chapter 6. Maturity and the Golden Years 1915-1967; Centrefold: Time line of Australia's Pastoral Industry |
Chapter 7. Afterglow: Pastoralism into the Twenty-firstCentury and the Heritage of Earlier CenturiesEndnotes; Bibliography; List of pastoral stations mentioned in the text; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Tells the story of the expansion of Australia's pastoral industry,how it drove European settlement and involved Aboriginal people in the new |
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