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

• Autore: Pearson Michael <1951->
• 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
• 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
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II