The Resource 'Duck and green peas! For ever!' : finding utopia in Tasmania, Alison Alexander
'Duck and green peas! For ever!' : finding utopia in Tasmania, Alison Alexander
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- Summary
- 'Duck and green peas! For ever!' This was a convict girl's version of utopia in Tasmania. A beautiful heart-shaped island in the southern sea, surely this was a good place to look for your heart's desire. How many other people have searched for or stumbled upon utopia in Tasmania? Quite a few, as it turns out. They range from Aborigines to modern commune-dwellers, from scheming settlers to hopeful farmers, from young families escaping the devastation of war in Europe to those building a bomb-proof bunker in the Tasmania bush.They looked to find utopia in the most unlikely places - Port Davey, Elephant Pass, Jackey's Marsh, Cygnet, Lake Pedder, Castra. Some hoped to bring about utopia by political means; some dreamed of individual utopias. Sometimes they succeeded. Sometimes they failed. This book tells their stories.' --Back page
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 202 pages
- Contents
-
- 1. Happy children of nature: the Tasmanian Aborigines
- 2. 'They glory in their misdeeds': heaven for crooks
- 3. 'I want for Nothing but my Liberty': utopia for some convicts
- 4. 'England with a finer sky': paradise for free settlers
- 5. 'An antipodean Garden of Eden': yeoman farmers and evangelists
- 6. 'Peace, purity and prosperity': utopia for, or without convicts?
- 7. 'Great, glorious and free?', independent Tasmania
- 8. 'Paradise is found!', the prosperous 1880s
- 9. In the doldrums: secessionists and yeoman farmers
- 'This romantic island, with its great wild beauty': five utopians
- 11. 'The glorious sunrise of socialism': socialists and communists
- 12. 'Great stride in harnessing of state's resources': the Labor Party and hydro-industrialisation
- 13. 'A fairytale country' - for some: post-war immigrants
- 14. 'A treasure far beyond money value': attitudes to the bush
- 15. 'Entrancing loveliness': Lake Pedder and other environmental battles
- 16. Seeking nirvana: alternative living
- 17. 'The envy of the world': Tasmania discovered
- Isbn
- 9780648218050
- Label
- 'Duck and green peas! For ever!' : finding utopia in Tasmania
- Title
- 'Duck and green peas! For ever!'
- Title remainder
- finding utopia in Tasmania
- Statement of responsibility
- Alison Alexander
- Title variation
- Finding utopia in Tasmania
- Subject
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- trueColonists -- Tasmania
- Environmentalism -- Tasmania -- History
- Immigrants -- Tasmania -- Attitudes
- truePrisoners -- Tasmania
- Quality of life -- Tasmania -- History
- Aboriginal Tasmanians
- trueTasmania -- History
- Tasmania -- Social conditions
- trueTasmania -- Social life and customs
- Utopias -- Tasmania -- History
- Tasmania -- Biography
- trueAustralian
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 'Duck and green peas! For ever!' This was a convict girl's version of utopia in Tasmania. A beautiful heart-shaped island in the southern sea, surely this was a good place to look for your heart's desire. How many other people have searched for or stumbled upon utopia in Tasmania? Quite a few, as it turns out. They range from Aborigines to modern commune-dwellers, from scheming settlers to hopeful farmers, from young families escaping the devastation of war in Europe to those building a bomb-proof bunker in the Tasmania bush.They looked to find utopia in the most unlikely places - Port Davey, Elephant Pass, Jackey's Marsh, Cygnet, Lake Pedder, Castra. Some hoped to bring about utopia by political means; some dreamed of individual utopias. Sometimes they succeeded. Sometimes they failed. This book tells their stories.' --Back page
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- BVISBN
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1949 September 23-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Alexander, Alison
- Dewey number
- 994.6
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- facsimiles
- maps
- portraits
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Utopias
- Quality of life
- Aboriginal Tasmanians
- Prisoners
- Colonists
- Environmentalism
- Immigrants
- Tasmania
- Tasmania
- Tasmania
- Tasmania
- Label
- 'Duck and green peas! For ever!' : finding utopia in Tasmania, Alison Alexander
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. Happy children of nature: the Tasmanian Aborigines -- 2. 'They glory in their misdeeds': heaven for crooks -- 3. 'I want for Nothing but my Liberty': utopia for some convicts -- 4. 'England with a finer sky': paradise for free settlers -- 5. 'An antipodean Garden of Eden': yeoman farmers and evangelists -- 6. 'Peace, purity and prosperity': utopia for, or without convicts? -- 7. 'Great, glorious and free?', independent Tasmania -- 8. 'Paradise is found!', the prosperous 1880s -- 9. In the doldrums: secessionists and yeoman farmers -- 'This romantic island, with its great wild beauty': five utopians -- 11. 'The glorious sunrise of socialism': socialists and communists -- 12. 'Great stride in harnessing of state's resources': the Labor Party and hydro-industrialisation -- 13. 'A fairytale country' - for some: post-war immigrants -- 14. 'A treasure far beyond money value': attitudes to the bush -- 15. 'Entrancing loveliness': Lake Pedder and other environmental battles -- 16. Seeking nirvana: alternative living -- 17. 'The envy of the world': Tasmania discovered
- Control code
- 000063632005
- Dimensions
- 28 cm.
- Extent
- 202 pages
- Isbn
- 9780648218050
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly colour), facsimiles, maps, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1056627720
- Label
- 'Duck and green peas! For ever!' : finding utopia in Tasmania, Alison Alexander
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- 1. Happy children of nature: the Tasmanian Aborigines -- 2. 'They glory in their misdeeds': heaven for crooks -- 3. 'I want for Nothing but my Liberty': utopia for some convicts -- 4. 'England with a finer sky': paradise for free settlers -- 5. 'An antipodean Garden of Eden': yeoman farmers and evangelists -- 6. 'Peace, purity and prosperity': utopia for, or without convicts? -- 7. 'Great, glorious and free?', independent Tasmania -- 8. 'Paradise is found!', the prosperous 1880s -- 9. In the doldrums: secessionists and yeoman farmers -- 'This romantic island, with its great wild beauty': five utopians -- 11. 'The glorious sunrise of socialism': socialists and communists -- 12. 'Great stride in harnessing of state's resources': the Labor Party and hydro-industrialisation -- 13. 'A fairytale country' - for some: post-war immigrants -- 14. 'A treasure far beyond money value': attitudes to the bush -- 15. 'Entrancing loveliness': Lake Pedder and other environmental battles -- 16. Seeking nirvana: alternative living -- 17. 'The envy of the world': Tasmania discovered
- Control code
- 000063632005
- Dimensions
- 28 cm.
- Extent
- 202 pages
- Isbn
- 9780648218050
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly colour), facsimiles, maps, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1056627720
Subject
- trueColonists -- Tasmania
- Environmentalism -- Tasmania -- History
- Immigrants -- Tasmania -- Attitudes
- truePrisoners -- Tasmania
- Quality of life -- Tasmania -- History
- Aboriginal Tasmanians
- trueTasmania -- History
- Tasmania -- Social conditions
- trueTasmania -- Social life and customs
- Utopias -- Tasmania -- History
- Tasmania -- Biography
- trueAustralian
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