Bearbrass : imagining early Melbourne / Robyn Annear.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Annear, Robyn, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Melbourne (Vic.)--History.

Melbourne (Vic.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (377 p.)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Collingwood, Victoria : Black Inc., 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this much-loved book, Robyn Annear resurrects the village that was early Melbourne - from the arrival of white settlers in 1835 until the first gold rushes shook the town - and brings it to life in vivid colour.Bearbrass was one of the local names by which Melbourne was known and Annear provides a fascinating living portrait of the streetlife of this town. In a lively and engaging style, she overlays her reinvention of Bearbrass with her own impressions and experiences of the modern city, enabling Melburnians and visitors to imagine the early township and remind themselves of the rich histo

Contents:

Front Cover; About the author; BEARBRASS; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface to the new edition; Introduction; Map 1; Chapter 1: Founders and Shapers; Map 2; Chapter 2: The Shaping of Bearbrass; Map 3; Chapter 3: Past Lives of City Streets; Map 4; Chapter 4: Law and Order; Map 5; Chapter 5: Bearbrass People; Map 6; Chapter 6: A Land of Chops and Steak; Map 7; Chapter 7: The Colonial Vice; Map 8; Chapter 8: Bearbrass at Play; Epilogue: The End of Bearbrass; Further Reading; Acknowledgements; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 8, 2014).

ISBN:

9781922231574

1922231576