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A history of Victoria /

A lively account of the people, places and events that have shaped Victoria with new illustrations, photographs and maps.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Blainey, Geoffrey
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Édition:Second edition.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Preface; Preface to the First Edition; Conversions; Part One Feathers, Fleece and Dust of Gold; 1 A Turban of Feathers; 2 Australia Felix; 3 A Golden Ant Hill; 4 The Silver Stick; 5 One in Ten Thousand; 6 'My Lord the Workingman'; 7 Sunshine and Moonshine; 8 Who Am I?; Part Two Whirlwind and Calm; 9 When the Bubble Burst; 10 The Horse and Its Conquerors; 11 Hope, Depression, Fire and War; 12 The Rise and Fall of Albert the Great; 13 The Jolting Merry-Go-Round; 14 A Long Race: Melbourne and Sydney; 15 Whirlwind in Spring Street; 16 The New Victorians: Life, Work and Play.
  • 17 Koala, Growling Frog, Drought and Fire18 A Bulging City; Short Chronology of Victorian History; Sources; Index.