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  • An Economic History of Australia

    Enriched edition. Tracing Australia's Economic Journey Through Time

    by Edward Shann, Zoe Carrington ...
    In "An Economic History of Australia," Edward Shann delivers a comprehensive analysis of the nation's economic evolution from its colonial roots to the early twentieth century. Shann employs a scholarly yet accessible literary style, combining rich historical narrative with astute economic analysis. He scrutinizes critical phases such as the impact of the gold rush, the development of agriculture, ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • A Short History of Australia

    by Manning Clark ...
    *On 26 January the convict transports moved into their new home as a handful of Aborigines on the shore set up a horrid howl and indicated by angry gestures with sticks and stones that the white man was not wanted.*More than a decade after his death, Manning Clark remains Australia's most eminent and controversial historian. A Short History of Australia, considered by many to be his greatest work, ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Van Diemen's Land

    by James Boyce ...
    The acclaimed history of colonial Tasmania'A brilliant book and a must-read for anyone interested in how land shapes people' —Tim FlanneryAlmost half of the convicts who came to Australia came to Van Diemen's Land. There they found a land of bounty and a penal society, a kangaroo economy and a new way of life.In this multi-award-winning history of colonial Tasmania, James Boyce shows how the ... Read more

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  • Australian History in 7 Questions

    by John Hirst ...
    If there are genuine questions about Australian history, there is something to puzzle over. The history ceases to be predictable—and dull.From the author of The Shortest History of Europe, acclaimed historian John Hirst, comes this fresh and stimulating approach to understanding Australia's past and present.Hirst asks and answers questions that get to the heart of Australia's history:Why did ... Read more

    $9.99 CAD

  • The Great Irish Potato Famine

    by James S Donnelly Jr ...
    In the century before the great famine of the late 1840s, the Irish people, and the poor especially, became increasingly dependent on the potato for their food. So when potato blight struck, causing the tubers to rot in the ground, they suffered a grievous loss. Thus began a catastrophe in which approximately one million people lost their lives and many more left Ireland for North America, ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Eureka: The story of Australia's most famous rebellion

    by Jill Blee ...
    On 3 December 1854 a bloody battle between gold miners, soldiers and police raged for fifteen minutes at the Eureka Lead in Ballarat. But this brief conflict, which had been brewing for years, would have momentous consequences overturning the accepted social order and bringing democracy to Victoria. EUREKA introduces you to the people and events that shaped this key moment in Australias history. ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Western Australia: A History

    From its Discovery to the Inauguration of the Commonwealth

    by J.S. Battye ...
    WESTERN AUSTRALIA:Comes with an Active Table of Contents.This history is full of vivid details of the hard life of the first explorers and pioneers.**It covers the period from 1600 to 1901. It has all the makings of an adventure story with epic shipping voyages, politics, starvation, searches for water and minerals, convicts, and hard work. In most countries, the story of the European settlers ... Read more

    $3.96 CAD

  • Freedom on the Fatal Shore

    Australia’s First Colony

    by John Hirst ...
    Freedom on the Fatal Shore brings together John Hirst's two books on the early history of New South Wales. Both are classic accounts which have had a profound effect on the understanding of our history. This combined edition includes a new foreword by the author.Convicts with their "own time", convicts with legal rights, convicts making money, convicts getting drunk - what sort of prison was this? ... Read more

    $16.99 CAD

  • Gold: Greed, innovations, daring and wealth

    by Jill Blee ...
    Since ancient times gold has exerted a powerful fascination for humankind. Symbol of wealth and riches, it has influenced the rise and fall of empires and changed the course of history. In Australia, its discovery sparked frenzied gold rushes that opened up large parts of the land to settlement, transformed Melbourne and Sydney from colonial outposts into two of the worlds most vibrant cities, and ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Macquarie

    From Colony to Country

    by Harry Dillon, Peter Butler ...
    This book is a timely reminder of Lachlan Macquarie's importance to modern Australians'He was a Christian, a perfect gentleman, and a supreme legislator of the human heart. … Whenever the sculptor shall imagine a guardian angel for New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land, the chisel of gratitude shall portray the beloved and majestic features of General Macquarie.' Hobart Town GazetteIn 1810 Lachlan ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

  • Rum

    A Distilled History of Colonial Australia

    by Matt Murphy ...
    Australia and its formation - through the distorted view of a rum bottle.Could the Rum Rebellion have been averted if Major Johnston wasn't hungover?Would the Eureka Stockade have been different if the rebels weren't pissed?How were prisoners to get drunk if Macquarie closed the only pub in the gaol?And why should sailors under fourteen be deprived of their sixteen shots of rum per day?These are ... Read more

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  • Among Australia’S Pioneers

    Chinese Indentured Pastoral Workers on the Northern Frontier 1848 to C.1880

    by Margaret Slocomb ...
    The almost simultaneous abolition of the slave trade and the cessation of convict transportation to the colony of New South Walesnow eastern mainland Australiastarted a quest by the squatter pastoralists for alternative sources of cheap labor for their vast sheep runs. Over a period of five years, beginning from 1848, around three thousand Chinese men and boys from Fujian Province were recruited ... Read more

    $5.99 CAD