Great central state : the foundation of the Northern Territory / / Jack Cross
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Cross Jack
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Great central state : the foundation of the Northern Territory / / Jack Cross
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| Pubblicazione: | Kent Town, S. Aust., : Wakefield Press, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (432 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 919.4 |
| 919.42903 | |
| 994.29 | |
| Soggetto geografico: | Northern Territory History |
| South Australia History | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Great Central State; Author bio; Title page; Imprint page; Contents page 1; Contents page 2; Dedication; Epigraph; Preface; Chapter 1 - The Great Central State; The Dream of the Great Asian Market; A Confused Acquisition; The Northern Territory Plan; The Wakefield Background; Plan in Detail - in Parliament; An Unequal Partnership; Chapter 2 - Caesar and His Fortune; The Banquet; First Northern Territory Expedition: 1864; Relief Ships - 1865; The Winding Up; Retribution; Chapter 3 - The Intervention of the Partners; The Other Partners; The Great Debate |
| The Second Northern Territory Expedition: 1868-1869; Restitution; Chapter 4 - A Second South Australia; Complications; The Indies Governor; The Indies Governor in Decline; The 'Resulting Land Imbroglio'; 'Two Main Streets and a Chinese Quarter'; Crisis in Law and Order; Law and Aborigines; Plates; Chapter 5 - Extreme Solutions; The Discovery of Lochac; 'That Insatiable Maelstrom'; 'The Laissez-Faire' - Let the Market Decide; Dutch Response - and the Misadventures of Captain Cadell; Plan Misfires; Chapter 6 - The Mormon Pattern; Santals; Mennonites; Japanese; An Alternative Israel | |
| Chapter 7 - Coming of the Gauch; Other Colonisers: Different Stories; Ralph Milner and the Southern Route; Dillon Cox and the Queensland Side; Two Territories; Chapter 8 - Conceding Defeat; Epilogue; Documentation: Abbreviations; Author's Note; Index; Back cover | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In Great Central State , Jack Cross tells the story of South Australia's ambitious - or foolhardy - plan to become the premier colony of Australia using its own unique experience in planned colonisation, and its bid to develop the north coast as an integral part of South-East Asia. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Great central state |
| ISBN: | 1-74305-029-1 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910819401103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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