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AUSTRALIA'S FIRST CENTURY 1788 - 1888 FACSIMILE OF CASSELL'S PICTURESQUE AUSTRALASIA 1889 SECOND IMPRESSION
THIS 902 PAGE LARGE AND THICK BOOK , HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA, ILLUSTRATED WITH MANY HUNDREDS OF ENGRAVINGS OF THE PERIOD, IS ONE OF THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND FASCINATING DOCUMENTS ABOUT EARLY AUSTRALIA EVER ASSEMBLED. IT HAS BEEN TAKEN FROM THE "CASSELL'S PICTURESQUE AUSTRALASIA" THE FULL WORK HAVING BEEN ISSUED IN FOUR VOLUMES IN 1889 - COVERING, IN ADDITION TO THE PAGES FACSIMILE IN THIS VOLUME, NEW GUINEA, NEW ZEALAND AND FIJI. THIS FIRST CENTURY OF AUSTRALIA'S HISTORY COVERS NOT ONLY ALL CAPITAL CITIES AND MAJOR TOWNS, BUT ALSO ITS EIGHTY FOUR CHAPTERS COVER EARLY EXPLORATION BY SEA AND LAND, LEADING TO OUR EARLY AGRICULTURAL, MINING AND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. THIS BOOK RECORDS SUCH VIVID EVENTS AS THE EUREKA STOCKADE AND THE EXPLOITS OF BUSHRANGERS AS WELL AS THE MORE NORMAL DAILY LIFE IN CITY, TOWN AND IN THE BUSH. OF LASTING VALUE AS A WORK OF REFERENCE, THIS BOOK WILL ALSO REMAIN A CONSTANT AND PROUD REMINDER OF AUSTRALIA'S HERITAGE.
SOME OF THE CONTENTS ARE LISTED BELOW BUT JUST TO MUCH TO LIST SYDNEY AND ITS HISTORY MELBOURNE AND ITS HISTORY BRISBANE AND ITS HISTORY HOBART AND ITS HISTORY GOLD ADELAIDE AND ITS HISTORY BALLARAT THE EUREKA STOCKADE DAILY LIFE IN THE BUSH THE HUNTER VALLEY (NEWCASTLE) EXPLORERS BY SEA ROCKHAMPTON THE BLUE MOUNTAINS GEELONG LAUNCESTON BATHURST BIRDS AND BEASTS THE JENOLAN CAVES QUEENSLAND BULLOCK DRIVERS ADVENTURES THE GREAT BARRIER REEF THE MURRY RIVER THE BRUMBY MELBOURNE TO SYDNEY RAILWAY LIVERPOOL PLAINS AND NEW ENGLAND THE SHEEP AND WOOL WESTERN DISTRICT OF VICTORIA SYDNEY FROM SOUTH HEADS SANDHURST LORNE THE AUSTRALIAN ALPS WESTERN AUSTRALIA A BUSH FIRE BROKEN HILL SILVER MINE THE ABORIGINES WESTERN PORTS OF VICTORIA NEW NORFOLK AND THE LAKES THE NORTHERN TERRITORY RIVERINA QUEENSLAND - PAST AND PRESENT WESTERN AUSTRALIA OLD BATHURST EARLY EXPLORERS BY LAND MOUNT LOFTY THE HAWKESBURY SOUTH QUEENSLAND TEETULPA GOLDFIELDS GIPPSLAND ADELAIDE AND MELBOURNE RAILWAY LITHGOW TO BOURKE GOLDFIELDS AND SILVER STREAMS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA PORT ARTHUR PORT LINCOLN FERNSHAW LORD SYDNEY THE GUM TREE JERICHO THE TAMAR AND THE NORTH WEST COAST CAVERNS AND CRATERS OF MOUNT GAMBIER BUSHRANGERS PERTH - FREMANTLE AND ALBANY THE MELBOURNE CUP RACE NORTHWARDS FROM ADELAIDE THE EAST COAST OF TASMANIA INLAND TOWNS OF VICTORIA.
A MUST HAVE BOOK FOR ANY PERSON INTERESTED IN EARLY AUSTRALIAN HISTORY.
CONDITION NO NAMES WROTE IN IT AND IS IN EXCELLENT NEW CONDITION. DUSTJACKET IS IN GREAT CONDITION INNER PAGES ARE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION. BOOK CONTAINS 902 PAGES.
PLEASE EMAIL IF MORE INFORMATION IS REQUIRED ABOUT THIS BOOK, EMAILS ARE ANSWERED DAILY. PAYPAL FOR INTERNATIONAL BUYERS ONLY - NO INTERNATIONAL MONEY ORDERS ARE ACCEPTED.
HAPPY BIDDING - THANKS FOR LOOKING AT MY AUCTIONS - XBCOUPE1976
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