An Historical Geography of Modern Australia: The Restive FringeIn this major new study, J.G. Powell presents a truly authoritative and comprehensive historical geography of Australia during the second century of immigrant occupation. |
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Lewthwaite , G. R. , ' Australian milk and its markets : a dairy system in transition '
, Queensland Geographical Journal , 3 ( 1975 ) , 1-22 . Retreat , reform and
regional concentration : the shifting pattern of Australian dairy - farming ' ...
Lewthwaite , G. R. , ' Australian milk and its markets : a dairy system in transition '
, Queensland Geographical Journal , 3 ( 1975 ) , 1-22 . Retreat , reform and
regional concentration : the shifting pattern of Australian dairy - farming ' ...
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252 Curtin , J. , 187–8 , 206 Cyclone Tracy , 303 Daceyville , 33 , 176 Daily
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... 251 , 256-62 passim Cudlipp , H. , 243-4 Cumberland , K. B. , 158 currency ,
252 Curtin , J. , 187–8 , 206 Cyclone Tracy , 303 Daceyville , 33 , 176 Daily
Telegraph , 134 Dairy Farmers ' Federation , 85 , 295 dairy farming , climatic
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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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Bibliographic information
| Title | An Historical Geography of Modern Australia: The Restive Fringe Volume 11 of Cambridge Studies in Historical Geography, ISSN 1747-3128 |
| Author | Joseph Michael Powell |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1991 |
| ISBN | 0521408296, 9780521408295 |
| Length | 400 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Historical Geography Science / Earth Sciences / Geography |
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