A Natural History
Author: David Lindenmayer
Another significant gap in UNSW Press' popular and definitive Australian Natural History Series is about to be filled with the publication of this book. The gliders, while rarely seen by most Australians, are an importan ... |
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A Place of Promise and Punishment
Author: Michal Bosworth
Long recognised for its fine heritage buildings, the cosmopolitan port city of Fremantle has special significance in Western Australian history. As first landfall to emigrating Swan River colonists, it heralded hopes for ... |
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Author: Annemarie Devereux
Australia and the Birth of the International Bill of Human Rights provides the first in depth examination of Australia's first reactions to 'international human rights' during the negotiations for the International Bill ... |
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An Australian History of Place
Author: Mark McKenna
Blackfellas' Point lies on the Towamba River in south-eastern New South Wales. As the river descends rapidly from its source on the Monaro plains, it winds its way through state forest, national park and farming land. Ar ... |
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A History of New Zealand in the Decade of the Treaty
Author: Paul Moon
This book is a sequel to Paul Moon's very successful Fatal Frontiers, published by Penguin in 2006 and reprinted. The decade after the Treaty was signed saw growth in settler pressures, the arrival of Governor Grey, the ... |
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Mawson, Flynn and the Myth of the Frontier
Author: Brigid Hains
The Ice and the Inland is a fascinating study of how the frontier became etched in the Australian imagination in the early twentieth century in the image of folk heroes such as Douglas Mawson, legendary Antarctic explore ... |
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A Documentary History
Author: John M. Williams
Constitutions are the basic documents of a society. The drafting of the Australian constitution was the product of intense negotiation and debate. Line by line it represents the work of dozens of delegates and the consid ... |
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Dependent Colonies in Colonial Australia
Author: Mark Staniforth
Argues that material goods were a necessary adjunct to the successful colonization of Australia demonstrating that it was necessary to establish trade networks that provided adequate supplies of culturally 'appropriate' ... |
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A Practical Guide to Doing Archaeology in Australia
Author: Claire Smith & Heather Burke
Provides an introduction to undertaking archaeology in an Australian setting. This book includes advice on the local legislative situation, relevant codes of ethics, definitions of artefacts and sites, and the history an ... |
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Californian-Australian Environmental Reform, 1860-1930
Author: Ian R. Tyrrell
One of the most critical environmental challenges facing both Californians and Australians in the 1860s involved the aftermath of the gold rushes. Settlers on both continents faced the disruptive impacts of mining, grazi ... |
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Scottish Identity in Colonial Western Australia
Author: S.L. Straw Leigh
Scots migrating to colonial Western Australia were part of a nineteenth century trend taking Scots to various corners of the world. By the mid-nineteenth century Scots were scattered across the globe, most noticeably in ... |
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Scottish Identity in Colonial Western Australia
Author: S.L. Straw Leigh
Scots migrating to colonial Western Australia were part of a nineteenth century trend taking Scots to various corners of the world. By the mid-nineteenth century Scots were scattered across the globe, most noticeably in ... |
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Issues and Strategies
Author: H.C. Coombs
After more than two hundred years, one of the most important moral issues facing Australian society in the 1990s remains the need for reconciliation with its indigenous people. In this selection of essays, H. C. Coombs r ... |
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Author: W.B. Otorohanga
Originally published in 1928, this book is a comprehensive study of the Maori people - their inner lives, customs and beliefs - by one who lived amongst them during a time before modern western civilisation had much alte ... |
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Author: Pamela Statham
The Origins of Australia's Capital Cities is a comprehensive survey, well illustrated with maps and plans, which aims to answer two questions. First, why Australia's eight capital cities are situated where they are, and ... |
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New Zealand in the Nuclear Age 1945-1990
Author: Malcolm Templeton
The events described in this book span most of the period, from the end of the Second World War until close to the end of the century, when New Zealand began to think for itself, and stand on its own feet as an independe ... |
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Author: Stephen I. Levine
WHAT IF the Treaty of Waitangi had not been signed on 6 February 1840? WHAT IF Maori had not been made British subjects in 1840? WHAT IF Nelson had been made the capital of New Zealand? WHAT IF New Zealand had joined ... |
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Tides of Maori Endurance
Author: Mason Durie
Describes and analyses the position of the Maori people and Maori interests in the first few years of the third millenium. It also recognises journeys from the past and makes projections into the future. |
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Australia and the End of Britain's Empire
Author: David Goldsworthy
In the 1960s, Britain dissolved almost all of its formal empire as part of a general effort to renovate its world role. British decolonisation and its aftermath had implications for Australian policies in the key areas o ... |
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Author: Richard Evans
A dramatic story of political turmoil and private tragedy, this impressive book celebrates Australia's three epic feats of engineering: the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the Perth-Kalgoorlie Pipeline, and the Overland Telegraph ... |
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