Once, a splendid coin : an arcadian story behind the 1938 shilling / Edward Stephen Burns.
Once, a splendid coin : an arcadian story behind the 1938 shilling / Edward Stephen Burns.
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Author / Creator
Publisher
Calwell, A.C.T. Inspiring Publishers, 2012.
Call Numbers
HQ 2014/2214 , GQ 2015/37
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
292 pages : illustrations (some colour), photographs (some colour), facsimiles, ; 24 cm.
Content type
still image
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Calwell, A.C.T. Inspiring Publishers, 2012.
Place of Publication
Australian Capital Territory
Date Published
2012.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Australian
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"During the final decades of the eighteenth century, colonizing a country distant from Britain was idealised as an adventure in a pastoral utopia. The penal settlement established in New South Wales, and colloquially known as Botany Bay was no exception. It had originally been formed to take the overflow of convicts held in the crowded gaols of Bri...
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Full title
Once, a splendid coin : an arcadian story behind the 1938 shilling / Edward Stephen Burns.
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An arcadian story behind the 1938 shilling.
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Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Author's name appears on cover as: Stephen Burns.
Includes bibliographic references pages 243-287 and index.
Mitchell Library copy at HQ 2014/2214. Submission for Premier's History Award 2014.
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Date Copyright
©2012.
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Call Numbers
HQ 2014/2214 , GQ 2015/37
Record Identifier
74VKKjPE0BQd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKKjPE0BQd
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ISBN
9780987346353 (pbk.) :
DDC
737.4994
MMS ID
991021973639702626