An Historical Geography of Modern Australia: The Restive FringeThis is a substantial study immediately established itself as essential reading for all those with a serious interest in Australian studies. |
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... important than money! People who have gone through illness and hardship often begin to understand that money is not the most important thing in life. Such people often begin to realize that if they could restore their health, they could ...
... important than money! People who have gone through illness and hardship often begin to understand that money is not the most important thing in life. Such people often begin to realize that if they could restore their health, they could ...
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... chronology has been verified to official sources with the exception of events of such general importance as to justify reliance upon the metropolitan press . July 26 August 9 IMPORTANT MILITARY AND ECONOMIC EVENTS CHRONOLOGY.
... chronology has been verified to official sources with the exception of events of such general importance as to justify reliance upon the metropolitan press . July 26 August 9 IMPORTANT MILITARY AND ECONOMIC EVENTS CHRONOLOGY.
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... importance to know the ages of people because this knowledge would be necessary for long term economic planning and ... important occurrences that would merit notice like serious epidemics or any event of memorable importance , so that ...
... importance to know the ages of people because this knowledge would be necessary for long term economic planning and ... important occurrences that would merit notice like serious epidemics or any event of memorable importance , so that ...
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... important habitat for aquatic organisms , including fish . In addition , because ground - water temperatures are nearly constant throughout the year , stream reaches with relatively large amounts of ground - water discharge can provide ...
... important habitat for aquatic organisms , including fish . In addition , because ground - water temperatures are nearly constant throughout the year , stream reaches with relatively large amounts of ground - water discharge can provide ...
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Contents
Prodigal children an introduction | 3 |
Centennial | 7 |
Fringe bush outback | 9 |
Imperialism federationism resource management | 14 |
State and nation | 19 |
Domesticating the fringe | 30 |
State socialism in the bush | 41 |
Outback interrogations | 55 |
Perspective | 189 |
Nationalism and dependency 195086 | 195 |
A changing society | 205 |
The peopling of Australia | 206 |
The modern pattern | 212 |
The social issues irritant | 217 |
Environmentalism | 231 |
The Janus face of Australian industry | 250 |
Building the temple 191450 | 67 |
Imperialism Protectionism democratic nationalism | 72 |
Government managerialism in Australia | 81 |
Debt of honour Soldier Settlement 191529 | 90 |
An imperial yeomanry | 91 |
the Australian schemes | 100 |
a case study | 111 |
Yeomen and bureaucrats | 116 |
Science and the frontier | 121 |
Griffith Taylor and the ecumene | 129 |
Environmentalism versus possibilism | 137 |
Conservation and planning in the last of lands | 150 |
Save Australia | 152 |
Town and regional planning | 169 |
New states and the regional concept | 179 |
Basic patterns | 251 |
Structural change and global reorganisation | 254 |
Industry and environmentalism | 268 |
Aboriginal lands in an industrialised society | 281 |
Agriculture and the modern federation | 286 |
Government and nongovernment responses | 288 |
Stopandgo frontiers | 302 |
the modern dairying industry | 307 |
Scrubcountry renovations | 312 |
challenges to irrigation | 322 |
Conclusion arrivals and departures | 334 |
Notes | 342 |
Select Bibliography | 377 |
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