A Traveller's History of AustraliaEssential reading for travelers who wish to enjoy the amazing diversity of Australia, this book outlines the history of that great southern democracy from the arrival of the earliest Aborigines some 50 or 60,000 years ago to the preparations for the Sydney Olympics in the year 2000. Maps and line drawings. |
Contents
The Physical Environment | 3 |
Aboriginal Australia | 11 |
Europeans Arrive | 36 |
Copyright | |
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Aborigines Adelaide areas arrived Australian colonies Ballarat became began Botany Bay Brisbane Britain British government brought bush bushrangers Canberra Cape York Cape York Peninsula capital cattle centre coast colonists Communist continued convicts culture Darling Darwin decades desert developed Diemen's Land Dividing Range Dutch early east economic emancipists established European exploring farming federal free settlers gold governor Guinea Harbour House immigrants industry Island Japan Japanese John kangaroos Labor Party largest later Liberal-Country Macarthur Melbourne Menzies miners modern Mountains Murray Murray River native Northern Territory numbers OCEAN outback Pacific Park parliament pastoral Perth political population Port Phillip prime minister Queensland railways region remained River sailed settlement sheep ship social South Australia South Wales South Wales Corps square miles squatters station Sturt Sydney Tasmania town trade Traveller's History tribes troops Uluru union Van Diemen's Land vast Victoria Western Australia Whitlam William women