The history of Australia

Clarke, F. G. (Francis Gordon) 1943- (Author).

Summary: Australian history has been written for over two centuries beginning with European explorers and colonists attempting to convey something of the complexity of the strange upside-down world they encountered in the southern hemisphere. Of course, aboriginal peoples had lived in Australia for millennia before the arrival of the whites. Modern Australia has its foundations in these two cultural strands. Intertwined with these are the impact of colonialism and federation, indentured servitude and convict transportation, the effects of El Nino on European-style farming techniques, gold rushes, and longstanding issues of ethnicity, immigration, and religious tolerance. Covering these topics and more, this most recent and up-to-date narrative history of Australia includes a timeline of major events, a biographic sketches of noteworthy historical figures, and a bibliographic essay.

Record details

ISBN: 9781280869174
ISBN: 1280869178
ISBN: 0313314985
ISBN: 9780313314988
ISBN: 9780313011245
ISBN: 0313011249
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 239 pages).
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Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.

Content descriptions

General Note:	Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-227) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Machine generated contents note: 1 The Nuts and Bolts of Modern Australia -- 2 Aboriginal Australia (c. 65,000 B.C.E.-C.E. Eighteenth Century) -- 3 European Arrivals and Colonization (Seventeenth Century-1830) -- 4 Riding on the Sheep's Back (1831-1855) -- 5 Gold and the Long Boom (1856-1890) -- 6 The Bubble Bursts and the Road to Federation (1891-1900) -- 7 Advance Australia Fair (1901-1919) -- 8 A Land Fit for Heroes and the Great Bust (1920-1939) -- 9 War, Reconstruction, and the Cold War (1940-1966) -- 10 Vietnam, People Power, and the Conservative Resurgence (1967-1983) -- 11 Deconstruction and Multiculturalism (1984-1996) -- 12 Mutual Obligation and the Conservative Revival (1997-2001) -- 13 Advance Australia Where? (2001 and Beyond) -- Notable People in the History of Australia.
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