History of Australia

Klappentext A wide-ranging three-volume history of Australia! published in 1883 by an English-born civil servant who spent his career there. Zusammenfassung George William Rusden (1819–1903) was born in England but spent most of his life in Australia. When he retired from the civil service he wrote this comprehensive – and controversial – work, published in 1883 in three volumes, covering the period from the initial settlement to the late nineteenth century. Inhaltsverzeichnis 15. General condition of Australia and statistics; 16. Further alterations of constitutions; 17. Exploration and aborigines; 18. Powers of houses of parliament - intercameral differences - attack on the council in Sydney - tacks in Victoria - Sir C. Darling; 19. Payment of members - colonial defences - imperial relations - reform bills in Australia - parliaments of South Australia, Tasmania, and Queensland, and council of Western Australia; 20. Religion and education - governors - labour-trades and kidnapping - Fiji - judicial and jury systems - public works - free selection of land in New South Wales - education in Victoria; 21. Governors - alienation of crown lands in Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia - New Guinea - statistics and general condition of Australia; Index.

Product details

• Authors: George William Rusden
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.04.2011
• EAN: 9781108030571
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03057-1
• No. of pages: 714
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania; History of Australia 3 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Australia, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, Australasian & Pacific history, Australasian and Pacific history