A history of the Colony of Victoria. Volume 1, A.D.1797-1854 / Henry Gyles Turner. [electronic resou...
A history of the Colony of Victoria. Volume 1, A.D.1797-1854 / Henry Gyles Turner. [electronic resou...
A history of the Colony of Victoria. Volume 1, A.D.1797-1854 / Henry Gyles Turner. [electronic resource]
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Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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BOOK
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English
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1 online resource (xvi, 395 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Content type
text
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computer
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online resource
Contents
Frontmatter -- Preface/ by Henry G. Turner -- Contents -- Chapter i - Introductory -- Chapter ii - The abortive settlement of 1803 -- Chapter iii - Intermediary exploration -- Chapter iv - Captain Sturt: the Hentys: major Mitchell -- Chapter v - the founding of melbourne -- Chapter vi - the...
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Publisher
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2011.
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Summary
The first attempt by Europeans to settle in the area that eventually became the state of Victoria, Australia, was led by Colonel David Collins in 1803. Melbourne was founded in 1835, and after the discovery of gold in 1851 became the financial centre of Australia. This authoritative two-volume history of the state's first century, published in 1904...
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A history of the Colony of Victoria. Volume 1, A.D.1797-1854 / Henry Gyles Turner. [electronic resource]
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BOOK
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Cambridge library collection. History
Originally published: London : Longmans, Green and Co., 1904.
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English
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74VKaz076E8b
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaz076E8b
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ISBN
1-139-10903-0
DDC
994.5
MMS ID
991024402489702626
