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Title Australia / edited by Ernest Scott ; with a new introduction by G.C. Bolton
Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, [1988]
©1988

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Description xxv, 759 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Series The Cambridge history of the British Empire ; v. 7, pt. 1
Cambridge history of the British Empire ; v. 7, pt. 1
Contents Machine derived contents note: Introduction G. C. Bolton; Preface to the first edition; Abbreviations; 1. The Australian environment T. Griffith Taylor; 2. The exploration of the Pacific J. A. Williamson; 3. British settlement in Australia, 1783-1806; 4. The extension of settlement Ernest Scott; 5. The exploration of Australia 1813-1865 Ernest Scott; 6. New South Wales and its daughter colonies, 1821-1850 A. C. V. Melbourne; 7. The wool trade and the squatters S. H. Roberts; 8. Experiments in colonisation A. Grenfell Price; 9. The gold discoveries G. V. Portus; 10. The establishment of responsible government A. C. V. Melbourne; 11. Economic and political development, 1860-1885 E. O. G. Shann; 12. The western Pacific, 1788-1885 E. A. Benians; 13. Economic and political development 1885-1900 E. O. G. Shann; 14. Self-government in Australia, 1860-1900 K. H. Bailey; 15. The Federation movement and the founding of the Commonwealth Robert Garran; 16. The Constitution and its workings W. Harrison Moore; 17. The Commonwealth, 1900-1914 W. K. Hancock; 18. Australia and the Empire, 1855-1921 F. W. Eggleston; 19. Australia in the World War (i) military H. S. Gullett; (ii) Political Ernest Scott; (iii) Economic D. B. Copland; 20. Australia since the War F. Alexander; 21. Cultural development Archibald Strong; Bibliography; Index
Analysis Australia to 1925
Notes "A reissue of volume VII, part I of the Cambridge history of the British Empire."
Includes index
Reprint, with new introd. Originally published: Cambridge, England : Cambridge University Press, 1933
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [645]-718
Includes index
SUBJECT Australia -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591
Author Scott, Ernest, Sir, 1868-1939.
LC no. 87038109
ISBN 0521356210
Other Titles Cambridge history of the British Empire
Cambridge history of the British Empire