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Great central state [[electronic resource] ] : the foundation of the Northern Territory / / Jack Cross



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Autore: Cross Jack Visualizza persona
Titolo: Great central state [[electronic resource] ] : the foundation of the Northern Territory / / Jack Cross Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Kent Town, S. Aust., : Wakefield Press, 2011
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (432 p.)
Disciplina: 919.4
919.42903
994.29
Soggetto geografico: Northern Territory History
South Australia History
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
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: 1868-1869Restitution; 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 GauchOther 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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-74305-029-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910457680303321
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