Dictionary of Australian History
Author: Brian Murphy
Publisher:
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780006365822
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Brian Murphy
Publisher:
Published: 1983
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780006365822
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Mitchell Rolls
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2019-11-05
Total Pages: 291
ISBN-13: 1538134357
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Aboriginal Australians first arrived on the continent at least 60,000 years ago, occupying and adapting to a range of environmental conditions—from tropical estuarine habitats, densely forested regions, open plains, and arid desert country to cold, mountainous, and often wet and snowy high country. Cultures adapted according to the different conditions and adapted again to environmental changes brought about by rising sea levels at the end of the last ice age. European colonization of the island continent in 1788 not only introduced diseases to which Aborigines had no immunity but also began an enduring and at times violent conflict over land and resources. Reconciliation between Aborigines and the settler population remains unresolved. This second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Australian Aborigines contains a chronology, an introduction, an extensive bibliography, and more than 300 cross-referenced entries on the politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture of the Aborigines. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the indigenous people of Australia.
Author: J. C. Docherty
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 312
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Norman Abjorensen
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2014-12-05
Total Pages: 608
ISBN-13: 1442245026
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Australia’s development, from the most unpromising of beginnings as a British prison in 1788 to the prosperous liberal democracy of the present is as remarkable as is its success as a country of large-scale immigration. Since 1942 it has been a loyal ally of the United States and has demonstrated this loyalty by contributing troops to the war in Vietnam and by being part of the “coalition of the willing” in the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 and in operations in Afghanistan. In recent years, it has also been more willing to promote peace and democracy in its Pacific and Asian neighbors. This fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of Australia covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Australia.
Author: John Henniker Heaton
Publisher: Sydney [etc.] G. Robertson
Published: 1879
Total Pages: 570
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: J. C. Docherty
Publisher:
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780810835924
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Finding out about Australia outside of Australia can be difficult and even discouraging. This Historical Dictionary of Australia aims at filling that sometimes frustrating gap in reference. It is an introduction to Australia and its history, tracing the history of the continent from the first human settlement about 80,000 years ago to the late 1990s, in 371 cross-referenced entries. Driven by the firm conviction that Australian history has something important and useful to say to the world at large, this second edition spends more time placing Australia in an international context. One of this work's most significant features-and an important contribution to the literature on Australia-is its extensive, analytical, and up-to-date bibliography with over 1,000 items.
Author: Jan Bassett
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780195540833
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →How did the Angry Penguins acquire their name? Who were the leading members of the Heidelberg School? When was the Baby Bonus introduced? What is Lasseters Reef? Who coined the term Rats of Tobruk? Why were the Swing Rioters transported to Australia?The answers to these and hundreds of other questions about Australia's past can be found in The Oxford Illustrated Dictionary of Australian History. Beginning with the Aboriginal flag and ending with Zeehan, the book has entries on significant people, places, institutions, ideas, movements, events,artefacts, and documents, drawn from political, diplomatic, military, economic, social, cultural, and scientific fields. Extensive cross-references guide the reader to related entries. The carefully chosen illustrations, ranging from early maps to contemporary cartoons, include many which are ofgreat historical interest but have rarely been seen before.
Author: A. R. Barnes
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 9780304939749
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: John Henniker Heaton
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781019566534
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This dictionary provides a comprehensive guide to the history of Australasia from 1542 to 1879. It includes detailed biographies of important figures in the region's history, as well as information on significant events and developments. This book is an essential reference work for anyone interested in the history of Australia and its neighboring countries. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: John Larkins
Publisher:
Published: 1980-01-01
Total Pages: 226
ISBN-13: 9780727013828
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →700 alphabetical entries including bushrangers, explorers, politicians, industries, military encounters, business people, towns, aborigines, governors, criminals, trade, historical events.