Sydney Harbour : a history /

In 1925 DH Lawrence described a 'huge, restless, modern Sydney, whose million inhabitants seem to slip like fishes from one side of the harbour to the other'. What was true then had been the case for centuries before, and decades since. Sydney Harbour has been a defining element for the pe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hoskins, Ian, 1962-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sydney, N.S.W. : UNSW Press, 2009.
Temas:
Harbors > Australia > Sydney (N.S.W.)
Harbors > Australia > Sydney (N.S.W.) > Pictorial works.
Ports > Australie > Sydney (N.-G. du S.)
Harbors
Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.) > History.
Sydney Harbour (N.S.W.) > Pictorial works.
Port Jackson (N.-G. du S.) > Histoire.
Port Jackson (N.-G. du S.) > Ouvrages illustrés.
New South Wales > Sydney
New South Wales > Sydney Harbour
illustrated books.
Illustrated works
History
Pictorial works
Electronic books.
Illustrated works.
Ouvrages illustrés.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:In 1925 DH Lawrence described a 'huge, restless, modern Sydney, whose million inhabitants seem to slip like fishes from one side of the harbour to the other'. What was true then had been the case for centuries before, and decades since. Sydney Harbour has been a defining element for the people who have lived around it since the time of the harbour clans a means of communication, a barrier, a resource to be exploited, a place of beauty, spirit and meaning. Sydney Harbour explores the story of the waterway from the time of the Gameragal, Gadigal and others to contemporary debates about the fut.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (viii, 359 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 346-347) and index.
ISBN:9781742232294
1742232299
1921410167
9781921410161

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