Australia: A New History of the Great Southern Land"Australia: A New History of the Great Southern Land is a major new account that places Australia's history fully within a global context, drawing on sources from the United States, Britain, South Africa, and Canada, as well as within Australia itself." "In a compelling narrative, acclaimed historian Frank Welsh traces the history of the land from scattered convict settlements to the formation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901 and on to today's thriving independent nation, exposing many national myths in the process. This book also explores the dark side of Australia's history: the long-continued "White Australia" policy, which bedeviled foreign policy for more than a century; the still-tortured official relationship with the Aboriginal peoples; the subordination of women; and the flaws in the constitution. Also examined is Australia's uneasy relationship with its Asian neighbors, and its isolation from Britain and the United States, its traditional allies."--BOOK JACKET. |
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Page 146
... Grey first assumed real responsibility as Gawler's successor . Still only in his twenties when appointed in 1841 , Grey ( born in 1812 ) was the first Australian military Governor who had not seen service in the Napoleonic wars . South ...
... Grey first assumed real responsibility as Gawler's successor . Still only in his twenties when appointed in 1841 , Grey ( born in 1812 ) was the first Australian military Governor who had not seen service in the Napoleonic wars . South ...
Page 168
... Grey in his old post . Grey is the only nineteenth - century Colonial Secretary to have presented a studied justification of his career , which also marked a turning point in Imperial affairs . At the time of his first appointment , in ...
... Grey in his old post . Grey is the only nineteenth - century Colonial Secretary to have presented a studied justification of his career , which also marked a turning point in Imperial affairs . At the time of his first appointment , in ...
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... Grey , Anthony 493 Grey , Charles , 2nd Earl , Prime Minister 77 , 90 , 117 , 139 , 156 Grey , Sir Charles 142 , 157 Grey , Sir Edward , Foreign Secretary 365 , 366 Grey , Henry , 3rd Earl ( Viscount Howick ) 156-7 , 174-6 ; Colonial ...
... Grey , Anthony 493 Grey , Charles , 2nd Earl , Prime Minister 77 , 90 , 117 , 139 , 156 Grey , Sir Charles 142 , 157 Grey , Sir Edward , Foreign Secretary 365 , 366 Grey , Henry , 3rd Earl ( Viscount Howick ) 156-7 , 174-6 ; Colonial ...
Contents
Introduction | xxxi |
Terra Australis Nondum Cognita | xl |
The Land and the People 13 | xl |
Copyright | |
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