Disasters That Changed Australia

From natural phenomenon such as Cyclone Tracy, and the Ash Wednesday and Black Friday fires, to key moments in our military history such as Flanders in 1917, and the fall of Singapore, this is an essential guide to understanding the people, the ideas and the events that defined the course of Austral...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Evans, Evans, Richard/Richard
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Melbourne : Melbourne University Publishing, 2009.
Temas:
Disasters > Australia.
Natural disasters > Australia.
Railroad accidents > Australia.
Aircraft accidents > Australia.
Forest fires > Australia.
Floods > Australia.
Catastrophes > Australie.
Catastrophes naturelles > Australie.
Chemins de fer > Accidents > Australie.
Aéronautique > Accidents > Australie.
Forêts > Incendies > Australie.
Inondations > Australie.
Aircraft accidents
Disasters
Floods
Forest fires
Natural disasters
Railroad accidents
Australia > History.
Australie > Histoire.
Australia
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro; Title; Contents; Introduction; 1 Divine Wind: Cyclone Tracy, 1974; 2 'Just Slaughter': Flanders, 1917; 3 Destroying the Promised Land: The Great Resource Crash, c. 40 000 Bc; 4 The Tasmanian Genocide: 1804-1838; 5 Feralnation: Rabbits, 1859 To the Present; 6 Black Friday, 1939 and Beyond; 7 The Depression: 1930-1939; 8 The Great White Elephant: The Snowy Mountains Scheme, 1949-1974; 9 Fool's Gold: Montreal Olympic Games, 1976; 10 The Great Drought: 2002 To the Present; Sources and Further Reading; Acknowledgements; Copyright

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