Title The Melbourne scene, 1803-1956 / arranged and introduced by James Grant & Geoffrey Serle

Edition Facsimile reprint Published Neutral Bay, N.S.W. : Hale & Iremonger, 1978

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Description xvii, 308 pages, 36 unnumbered pages of plates ; 22 cm Contents 1 Discovery to 1851 -- 2 Transformation 1851-1872 -- 3 Metropolis 1872-1892 -- 4 Disillusion and reconstruction 1892-1918 -- 5 Modern times 1918-1956 Summary This is the life story of a city, written mainly by its own citizens as eyewitnesses - who comments and recollections still surviving in letters, journals, reports and newspaper files, have a freshness and a spontaneity no formal history can attain. A remarkable eyewitness history of Melbourne's first 150 years. The book is divided into five sections, each with an introduction to set the documents in their context and to link them into a coherent story, illustrated with sixty-three reproductions of early prints and photographs, including four four-colour lithographs from Charles Troedel's Melbourne Album Analysis Aboriginal Peoples Australia History 1851 1901 Melbourne (Vic.) History Melbourne, 1803-1956. Readings from contemporary sources Notes Facsimile reprint. First published, Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1957 Index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references: (page 303 - 305) and index Subject Batman, John, 1800-1839. Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Melbourne (Vic.) -- History -- 1834-1850 SUBJECT Melbourne (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79029787 -- Economic conditions http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005736 -- 1788-1851 Melbourne (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79029787 -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 Melbourne (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79029787 -- Politics and government http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002011436 -- 1788-1851 Melbourne (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79029787 -- Social life and customs http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851 -- 1788-1851 Melbourne (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79029787 -- History -- Sources. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012011 Melbourne (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79029787 -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 -- 1803-1956 -- Sources Melbourne (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79029787 -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 -- 1834-1900 -- Sources Melbourne (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79029787 -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 -- 1834-1956 -- Sources Melbourne (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79029787 -- History -- 20th century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006165 -- Sources. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002012010 Melbourne (Vic.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79029787 -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99005024 -- To 1834 -- Sources Melbourne -- History -- Sources Author Grant, James F, editor Serle, Geoffrey, editor LC no. 80009428 ISBN 0908094280 0908094299 (Paperback)

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