The Resource The story of Australia's people : the rise and fall of ancient Australia, Geoffrey Blainey
The story of Australia's people : the rise and fall of ancient Australia, Geoffrey Blainey
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- Summary
- The first installment of a two-part work, this title covers Australia's early history, from the arrival of Indigenous Australians, to the arrival of Europeans, up to the early part of the 1800s
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xii, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- Maps on endpapers
- Contents
-
- Preface
- Part one. The sway of sea and fire
- 1. Fire by the lake
- 2. The discoverers
- 3. Vanishing giants
- 4. A burning continent
- 5. Tasmania : outline of a puzzle
- 6. The rising of the seas
- 7. Death and birth
- 8. Duel and battle
- Part two. The triumph of the nomads
- 9. The day's hunt
- 10. Women of the plains and mountains
- 11. Medicines and drugs, liquids and cosmetics
- 12. To travel lightly
- 13. Trade routes and rituals
- 14. Rich or poor
- 15. Sails of doom
- Part three. To the grasslands
- 16. Strangers from Europe
- 17. A little squadron sails
- 18. Colonising with thieves
- 19. The quick march of the sheep
- 20. White ghosts ride by
- 21. War on the grasslands
- 22. The new three : west, south and New Zealand
- 23. Cities rise and chains break
- 24. Mysteries of an odd country
- Isbn
- 9780670078714
- Label
- The story of Australia's people : the rise and fall of ancient Australia
- Title
- The story of Australia's people
- Title remainder
- the rise and fall of ancient Australia
- Statement of responsibility
- Geoffrey Blainey
- Title variation
- Rise and fall of ancient Australia
- Title variation remainder
- the rise and fall of ancient Australia
- Subject
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- Australia -- Colonisation | History
- Australia -- Economic condition
- trueAustralia -- History
- trueAustralia -- Social conditions
- trueAustralian
- Colonisation
- Economic conditions
- trueEconomic history
- trueHistory
- trueImperialism
- trueLand settlement -- Australia -- History
- Social conditions
- trueSocial history
- trueAboriginal Australians -- History
- Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
- Australia -- Colonisation
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The first installment of a two-part work, this title covers Australia's early history, from the arrival of Indigenous Australians, to the arrival of Europeans, up to the early part of the 1800s
- Award
- Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History, 2016.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10446614
- Cataloging source
- ANL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1930-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Blainey, Geoffrey
- Dewey number
- 994
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- 1930-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Blainey, Geoffrey
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- Series statement
- The story of Australia's people
- Series volume
- 0001
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Social history
- Aboriginal Australians
- Land settlement
- Colonisation
- Economic history
- Australia
- Australia
- Australia
- Australia
- Australia
- Australia
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the rise and fall of ancient Australia
- Label
- The story of Australia's people : the rise and fall of ancient Australia, Geoffrey Blainey
- Note
- Maps on endpapers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-423) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
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- Content category
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- Contents
- Preface -- Part one. The sway of sea and fire -- 1. Fire by the lake -- 2. The discoverers -- 3. Vanishing giants -- 4. A burning continent -- 5. Tasmania : outline of a puzzle -- 6. The rising of the seas -- 7. Death and birth -- 8. Duel and battle -- Part two. The triumph of the nomads -- 9. The day's hunt -- 10. Women of the plains and mountains -- 11. Medicines and drugs, liquids and cosmetics -- 12. To travel lightly -- 13. Trade routes and rituals -- 14. Rich or poor -- 15. Sails of doom -- Part three. To the grasslands -- 16. Strangers from Europe -- 17. A little squadron sails -- 18. Colonising with thieves -- 19. The quick march of the sheep -- 20. White ghosts ride by -- 21. War on the grasslands -- 22. The new three : west, south and New Zealand -- 23. Cities rise and chains break -- 24. Mysteries of an odd country
- Control code
- 000053721224
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780670078714
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits (some colour)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)898328680
- Label
- The story of Australia's people : the rise and fall of ancient Australia, Geoffrey Blainey
- Note
- Maps on endpapers
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-423) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- still image
- text
- cartographic image
- Content type code
-
- sti
- txt
- cri
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Preface -- Part one. The sway of sea and fire -- 1. Fire by the lake -- 2. The discoverers -- 3. Vanishing giants -- 4. A burning continent -- 5. Tasmania : outline of a puzzle -- 6. The rising of the seas -- 7. Death and birth -- 8. Duel and battle -- Part two. The triumph of the nomads -- 9. The day's hunt -- 10. Women of the plains and mountains -- 11. Medicines and drugs, liquids and cosmetics -- 12. To travel lightly -- 13. Trade routes and rituals -- 14. Rich or poor -- 15. Sails of doom -- Part three. To the grasslands -- 16. Strangers from Europe -- 17. A little squadron sails -- 18. Colonising with thieves -- 19. The quick march of the sheep -- 20. White ghosts ride by -- 21. War on the grasslands -- 22. The new three : west, south and New Zealand -- 23. Cities rise and chains break -- 24. Mysteries of an odd country
- Control code
- 000053721224
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Extent
- xii, 434 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780670078714
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits (some colour)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)898328680
Subject
- Australia -- Colonisation | History
- Australia -- Economic condition
- trueAustralia -- History
- trueAustralia -- Social conditions
- trueAustralian
- Colonisation
- Economic conditions
- trueEconomic history
- trueHistory
- trueImperialism
- trueLand settlement -- Australia -- History
- Social conditions
- trueSocial history
- trueAboriginal Australians -- History
- Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders
- Australia -- Colonisation
Genre
Member of
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- trueIndigenous Histories
- trueAustralian Prime Minister's Literary Awards: Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History
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