Events that shaped Australia
Lewis, Wendy2010
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Sets out the details, the people, the images and the after effects of the most important turning points in our nation's history. Starts with Gondwanaland, the Aborigines and the First Fleet, through Federation, Gallipoli, includes recent events...
Main title:
Events that shaped Australia / by Wendy Lewis, Simon Balderstone and John Bowman
Imprint:
Frenchs Forest New Holland 2010
Collation:
304 p. illustrations maps
Contents:
Formation of Gondwanaland - James Cook charts Australia's East Coast - First Fleet enters the 'finest harbour' - Merinos kick start the wool industry - Pemulwuy leads Aboriginal resistance - Explorers break the Blue Mountains barrier - Gold fever sets in - Injustice fuels the Eureka Stockade - Unions push for eight hour day - Football gets its own Aussie Rules - Overland Telegragh sends first message - Ned Kelly hangs in Melbourne - The Ashes are born - BHP goes public - Click go the shearers - Australians fight in the Boer War - Federation turns a colony into a nation - Parliament acts to keep non-whites out - Canberra declared capital of Australia - Anzac spirit born at Gallipoli - Surfing arrives in Australia - Conscription divides the country - Learning to fly - Stock crash triggers Great Depression - Stolen from their homes - Melba sings no more - Sydney's Harbour Bridge opens - Phar Lap dies - Bradman faces Jardine's bodyline tactics - Bushfires devastate lives on Black Friday - Singapore falls to Japan - Darwin attacked! - Kokoda Diggers saved by the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels - Japanese prisoners break out of Cowra prison - Bradman on 'Invincibles' tour of England - Holden cars roll off the produciton line - Snowy Electricity Scheme begins -
ISBN:
9781742570167 (hbk)
Dewey class:
994 EVE
Local class:
994
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
30962
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Clair | Nonfiction | 994 EVE | hbkAvailable |
| St Marys | Nonfiction | 994 EVE | Available |