Collection: History Support Collection

A compelling narrative of the discovery and development of the district of Cobar in Western NSW. The book traces the development of Cobar from the first discovery of copper to the booming days of the Cobar mining industry in the early 20th Century.

Referencing about 500 source documents, the beginnings of European settlement in Australia, from the founding of the first township at Sydney Cove to the economic crisis of the early 1840s, is surveyed. Aboriginal sections have been annotated separately

About 500 documents are used to survey Australian history from the economic crisis of the early 1840s to the beginnings of the long boom of the 1870s. Covers major events, developments and controversies in the nation's economic, social and cultural life

Surveys Australian history, from the start of the economic boom of the 1870s to the establishment of the Federal Government in 1900. About 500 documents cover major events, developments and controversies in the nation's economic, social and cultural life

There remains within the Cumberland Plain, and nearby areas, rural landscapes and landscape features of cultural value on account of their ability to demonstrate important aspects of early European occuaption.