Labour and Industry in Australia - From First Settlement in 1788 to Establishment of Commonwealth in

Klappentext The culmination of a life's work as Australia's statistician! Coghlan's history! published in 1918! embraces trade! population growth and land. Zusammenfassung Timothy Coghlan was the statistician for the government of New South Wales from 1886! and is regarded as Australia's first 'mandarin'. This monumental book! first published in 1918! was the culmination of his life's work! and is a personal history of Australia embracing materials! trade! population growth and land. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; Part I. From the Foundation of Settlement to the Crossing of the Mountains: 1. Introduction to the first period; 2. The assignment system; 3. Musters; 4. Wages and working hours; 5. The currency; 6. Land policy; 7. The genesis of the wool industry in Australia; 8. The industries of the period; 9. Trade and prices; Part II. From the Crossing of the Mountains to the Abolition of the Assignment System: 1. Introduction to the second period; 2. Convict labour. Assignment; 3. Free labour; 4. Immigration; 5. The occupation of land; 6. Agricultural and pastoral pursuits; 7. The currency; 8. Trade and prices; Part III. From the Abolition of the Assignment System to the Discovery of Gold: 1. Introduction to the third period; 2. Transportation; 3. Immigration; 4. Land legislation in New South Wales, Van Diemen's Land, and Western Australia; 5. Land legislation and settlement in South Australia, and the Wakefield theory of colonization; 6. Labour and wages; 7. Prices; 8. Financial crisis of 1841, 1842, and 1843; 9. Industries; Part IV. From the Discovery of Gold to the Introduction of Free Selection of Land before Survey: 1. Introduction to the fourth period; 2. The end of the convict system; 3. The discovery of gold in Australia.

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• Authors: T. A. Coghlan, Coghlan T. A.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.05.2011
• EAN: 9781108030670
• ISBN: 978-1-108-03067-0
• No. of pages: 600
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania; Labour and Industry in Australia 4 Volume Set
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, Australia, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Australasian & Pacific history, Australasian and Pacific history