The history of Australia / Frank G. Clarke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Clarke, F. G. (Francis Gordon), 1943-

Series:

Greenwood histories of the modern nations.

Greenwood histories of the modern nations, 1096-2905

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Australia--History.

Australia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 239 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Greenwood Press, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Australian history has been written for over two centuries beginning with European explorers and colonists attempting to convey something of the complexity of the strange upside-down world they encountered in the southern hemisphere. Of course, aboriginal peoples had lived in Australia for millennia before the arrival of the whites. Modern Australia has its foundations in these two cultural strands. Intertwined with these are the impact of colonialism and federation, indentured servitude and convict transportation, the effects of El Nino on European-style farming techniques, gold rushes, and longstanding issues of ethnicity, immigration, and religious tolerance. Covering these topics and more, this most recent and up-to-date narrative history of Australia includes a timeline of major events, a biographic sketches of noteworthy historical figures, and a bibliographic essay.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1 The Nuts and Bolts of Modern Australia

2 Aboriginal Australia (c. 65,000 B.C.E.-C.E. Eighteenth Century)

3 European Arrivals and Colonization (Seventeenth Century-1830)

4 Riding on the Sheep's Back (1831-1855)

5 Gold and the Long Boom (1856-1890)

6 The Bubble Bursts and the Road to Federation (1891-1900)

7 Advance Australia Fair (1901-1919)

8 A Land Fit for Heroes and the Great Bust (1920-1939)

9 War, Reconstruction, and the Cold War (1940-1966)

10 Vietnam, People Power, and the Conservative Resurgence (1967-1983)

11 Deconstruction and Multiculturalism (1984-1996)

12 Mutual Obligation and the Conservative Revival (1997-2001)

13 Advance Australia Where? (2001 and Beyond)

Notable People in the History of Australia.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-227) and index.

ISBN:

9798400664458

9786610869176

9781280869174

1280869178

9780313011245

0313011249

OCLC:

52732934