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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... miles 0 100 200 300 km Western Australia's population is overwhelmingly concentrated around the capital , Perth - some 1.3 million of a total of 1.8 million . Geraldton , 350 miles to the north , is the only sizeable town between Perth ...
... miles 0 100 200 300 km Western Australia's population is overwhelmingly concentrated around the capital , Perth - some 1.3 million of a total of 1.8 million . Geraldton , 350 miles to the north , is the only sizeable town between Perth ...
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... miles 0 200 400 600 800 km MAP 14. Queensland The towns of Australia's second largest state ( 1,070,000 square miles ) follow the east coast , more than 1,000 miles of settlement from Cooktown , where Captain Cook careened the Endeavour ...
... miles 0 200 400 600 800 km MAP 14. Queensland The towns of Australia's second largest state ( 1,070,000 square miles ) follow the east coast , more than 1,000 miles of settlement from Cooktown , where Captain Cook careened the Endeavour ...
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... miles of landline and 1,000 miles of submarine cable would connect Australia with the rest of the world ; but the contract entered into demanded that the landline should be completed in the frighteningly short term of 18 months . With ...
... miles of landline and 1,000 miles of submarine cable would connect Australia with the rest of the world ; but the contract entered into demanded that the landline should be completed in the frighteningly short term of 18 months . With ...
Contents
Introduction | xxxi |
Terra Australis Nondum Cognita | xl |
The Land and the People 13 | xl |
Copyright | |
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