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Pastoral Australia [[electronic resource] ] : fortunes, failures and hard yakka : a historical overview 1788-1967 / / Michael Pearson and Jane Lennon



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Autore: Pearson Michael <1951-> Visualizza persona
Titolo: Pastoral Australia [[electronic resource] ] : fortunes, failures and hard yakka : a historical overview 1788-1967 / / Michael Pearson and Jane Lennon Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Collingwood, Vic., : CSIRO Publishing in association with the Dept. of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and the Australian Heritage Council, 2010
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (223 p.)
Disciplina: 630.994
Soggetto topico: Pastoral systems - Australia - History
Sheep industry - Australia - History
Wool industry - Australia - History
Cattle trade - Australia - History
Agriculture - Australia - History
Soggetto geografico: Australia History
Altri autori: LennonJane  
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-197) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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
Sommario/riassunto: Tells the story of the expansion of Australia's pastoral industry,how it drove European settlement and involved Aboriginal people in the new settlersociety.
Titolo autorizzato: Pastoral Australia  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-643-10213-2
1-283-15637-7
9786613156372
0-643-10050-4
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910791345903321
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