Pastoral Australia : fortunes, failures and hard yakka : a historical overview 1788-1967 /

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Tells the story of the expansion of Australia's pastoral industry, how it drove European settlement and involved Aboriginal people in the new settlersociety. The rural life that once saw Australia 'ride on the sheep's back' is no longer whatdefines us, yet it is largely our histo...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Pearson, Michael, 1951-
Autores Corporativos: Australia. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage, and the Arts, Australian Heritage Council
Otros Autores: Lennon, Jane
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub. in association with the Dept. of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts and the Australian Heritage Council, 2010.
Temas:
Pastoral systems > Australia > History.
Sheep industry > Australia > History.
Wool industry > Australia > History.
Cattle trade > Australia > History.
Agriculture > Australia > History.
Pastoralisme > Australie > Histoire.
Moutons > Industrie > Australie > Histoire.
Laine > Industrie > Australie > Histoire.
Agriculture > Australie > Histoire.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > Crop Science.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > General.
Agriculture
Cattle trade
Pastoral systems
Sheep industry
Wool industry
Australia > History.
Australie > Histoire.
Australia
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; CONTENTS; Maps:; Boxes:; Foreword; Authors' Preface; Acknowledgements; Note on Measurements; List of Abbreviations, Acronyms and Contractions; Introduction; Chapter 1. Genesis 17881830; Chapter 2. Boom, Bust and Gold 18301860; Chapter 3. After the Gold Rush: An Evolving Industry 18601890; Chapter 4. Consolidation and Expansion 18601890; Chapter 5. Depression and Drought 18901915; Chapter 6. Maturity and the Golden Years 19151967; Centrefold: Time line of Australia's Pastoral Industry.
  • Chapter 7. Afterglow: Pastoralism into the Twenty-firstCentury and the Heritage of Earlier CenturiesEndnotes; Bibliography; List of pastoral stations mentioned in the text; Index.

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