Pastoral Australia : fortunes, failures and hard yakka : a historical overview 1788-1967 / Michael P...
Pastoral Australia : fortunes, failures and hard yakka : a historical overview 1788-1967 / Michael P...
Pastoral Australia : fortunes, failures and hard yakka : a historical overview 1788-1967 / Michael Pearson and Jane Lennon.
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Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2010.
Date
2010.
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630.994/32 , N630.994/42
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English
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x, 210 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.
Contents
Genesis 1788-1830 -- Boom, bust and gold 1830-1860 -- After the gold rush : an evolving industry 1860-1890 -- Consolidation and expansion 1860-1890 -- Depression and drought 1890-1915 -- Maturity and the golden years 1915-1967 -- Afterglow : pastoralism into the twenty-first century and the heritage...
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Publisher
Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, 2010.
Place of Publication
Victoria
Date Published
2010.
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Commonwealth of Australia 2010.
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Summary: "Pastoral Australia tells the story of the expansion of Australia's pastoral industry, how it drove European settlement and involved Aboriginal people in the new settler society. The rural life that once saw Australia 'ride on the sheep's back' is no longer what defines us, yet it is largely our history as a pastoral nation that has endur...
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Pastoral Australia : fortunes, failures and hard yakka : a historical overview 1788-1967 / Michael Pearson and Jane Lennon.
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"CSIRO Publishing in association with the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and the Australian Heritage Council".
Includes bibliographical references (p. 190-197) and index.
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630.994/32 , N630.994/42
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74VvmW6R36qA
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvmW6R36qA
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ISBN
9780643096998 (pbk.)
DDC
630.994
MMS ID
991006576369702626
