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Book Synopsis A History of Canberra by : Nicholas Brown
Download or read book A History of Canberra written by Nicholas Brown and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-18 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this charming and concise book, Nicholas Brown looks beyond the clichés to illuminate the colourful history of Australia's capital.
Download or read book The Long View written by Lionel Wigmore and published by Melbourne : F. W. Cheshire. This book was released on 1963 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History of the foundation and development of Canberra until about 1960. Includes mention of assistance given by Aboriginal people to European exploreres in locating Lake George and the Limestone Plains; Aboriginal origins of place names; bogong moths; marriage customs.
Book Synopsis A History of Canberra by : Nicholas Brown
Download or read book A History of Canberra written by Nicholas Brown and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-09-29 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed as an 'ideal city' and emblem of the nation, Canberra has long been a source of ambivalence for many Australians. In this charming and concise book, Nicholas Brown challenges these ideas and looks beyond the clichés to illuminate the unique, layered and often colourful history of Australia's capital. Brown covers Canberra's selection as the site of the national capital, the turbulent path of Walter Burley Griffin's plan for the city and the many phases of its construction. He surveys citizens' diverse experiences of the city, the impact of the Second World War on Canberra's growth and explores the city's political history with insight and wit. A History of Canberra is informed by the interplay of three themes central to Canberra's identity: government, community and environment. Canberra's distinctive social and cultural history as a centre for the public service and national institutions is vividly rendered.
Book Synopsis A Brief History of Canberra by : Frederick.* Watson
Download or read book A Brief History of Canberra written by Frederick.* Watson and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Military History of Australia by : Jeffrey Grey
Download or read book A Military History of Australia written by Jeffrey Grey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-02-28 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Military History of Australia provides a detailed chronological narrative of Australia's wars across more than two hundred years, set in the contexts of defence and strategic policy, the development of society and the impact of war and military service on Australia and Australians. It discusses the development of the armed forces as institutions and examines the relationship between governments and military policy. This book is a revised and updated edition of one of the most acclaimed overviews of Australian military history available. It is the only comprehensive, single-volume treatment of the role and development of Australia's military and their involvement in war and peace across the span of Australia's modern history. It concludes with consideration of Australian involvement in its region and more widely since the terrorist attacks of September 11 and the waging of the global war on terror.
Download or read book The Long View written by Lionel Wigmore and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canberra written by Lionel Wigmore and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First ed. published 1963 under title: The long view.
Download or read book Australia written by Harry Margalit and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2019-11-15 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the story of the architects and buildings that have defined Australia’s architectural culture since the founding of the modern nation through Federation in 1901. That year marked the beginning of a search for better city forms and buildings to accommodate the changing realities of Australian life and to express an emerging, distinctive, and, eventually, confident Australian identity. While Sydney and Melbourne were the settings for many of the major buildings, all states and territories developed architectural traditions based on distinctive histories and climates. Harry Margalit explores the flowering of these many architectural variants, from the bid to create a model city in Canberra, through the stylistic battles that opened a space for modernism, to the idealism of postwar reconstruction, and beyond to the new millennium. Australia reveals a vibrant and influential culture of the built environment, at its best when it matches civic idealism with the sensuality of a country of stunning light and landscapes.
Book Synopsis Olims Hotel Canberra by : Sarah Rood
Download or read book Olims Hotel Canberra written by Sarah Rood and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Olims Hotel Canberra is historically significant for its important role in the development of North Canberra and the forging of its community identity. It has served as a gathering place for the local community since 1933 and is one of only four licensed hotels in Canberra in continuous operation since prior to the 1940s.
Book Synopsis The Use and Abuse of Australian History by : Graeme Davison
Download or read book The Use and Abuse of Australian History written by Graeme Davison and published by Allen & Unwin. This book was released on 2000 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of engaging and vigorous essays examine what makes the 'history business' tick. Davison demonstrates that Australia's history can be relevant to the issues we confront everyday at the governmental level, at work, and in our communities.
Book Synopsis The Cambridge Economic History of Australia by : Simon Ville
Download or read book The Cambridge Economic History of Australia written by Simon Ville and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-10-08 with total page 710 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia's economic history is the story of the transformation of an indigenous economy and a small convict settlement into a nation of nearly 23 million people with advanced economic, social and political structures. It is a history of vast lands with rich, exploitable resources, of adversity in war, and of prosperity and nation building. It is also a history of human behaviour and the institutions created to harness and govern human endeavour. This account provides a systematic and comprehensive treatment of the nation's economic foundations, growth, resilience and future, in an engaging, contemporary narrative. It examines key themes such as the centrality of land and its usage, the role of migrant human capital, the tension between development and the environment, and Australia's interaction with the international economy. Written by a team of eminent economic historians, The Cambridge Economic History of Australia is the definitive study of Australia's economic past and present.
Book Synopsis Pictorial History Canberra by : Mary Machen
Download or read book Pictorial History Canberra written by Mary Machen and published by Kingsclear Books Pty Ltd. This book was released on 2000 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pictorial history of Canberra, and a timely resource for those interested in discovering the origins of our federal capital. This book covers the Aboriginal history, the establishment of early settlement in the district, the birth of the city and the growth and development of Australia's centre of national government.
Book Synopsis Canberra Then and Now by : Geoff Page
Download or read book Canberra Then and Now written by Geoff Page and published by National Library Australia. This book was released on 2013 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Produced for the Centenary of Canberra in 2013, Canberra Then and Now juxtaposes images of early Canberra with commissioned photography of the same places today. This anniversary publication includes a history of the land before the city was built, a memoir and, accompanying the photographs, recollections from numerous residents and some poems. But the main attraction is a visual one: the 'then and now' photographs showing the same locations and how they have changed over time. The memoir text and poems are by well-known author and poet Geoff Page, who has a long connection with Canberra and has seen it from many aspects-as a teacher, as a contributor to its cultural life and also simply as someone who now calls Canberra home.
Book Synopsis English Electric Canberra by : Bruce Barrymore Halpenny
Download or read book English Electric Canberra written by Bruce Barrymore Halpenny and published by Pen and Sword Aviation. This book was released on 2014-01-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This amazing airplane first flew in 1949, and as at 2005, is still in front-line service with the RAF. It has served in a variety of roles including those of medium conventional bomber, tactical nuclear bomber, photo-reconnaissance, night intruder, navigational trainer, maritime strike, electronic countermeasures, and atomic cloud sampling and target-towing. It was manufactured in the USA under license as the Martin B-57, and in Australia under license as the Canberra B-20. It has been exported to Argentina, Chile, France, Germany, India, Peru, Sweden, Venezuela, South Africa and other Commonwealth countries. This book looks at the development of the aircraft during the early days of jet power and especially at its Rolls-Royce Avon power-plant. It was Britain's first jet bomber. Each of the many marks and variants are described and illustrated by many remarkable and rare photographs. The type's record of service with RAF squadrons throughout its service life is given together with descriptions of the many experimental models that were used in the development of a variety of weapons and avionics systems.
Book Synopsis Historical Dictionary of Australia by : J. C. Docherty
Download or read book Historical Dictionary of Australia written by J. C. Docherty and published by Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The University of Canberra by : University of Canberra
Download or read book The University of Canberra written by University of Canberra and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Canberra written by James McDonald and published by . This book was released on 2023-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second volume of McDonald's history of the Canberra-Queanbeyan district, begins in 1824, when the first pastoralists appeared and concludes in 1861, the eve of Robertson's land reforms. For the local Aboriginal bands, this was a catastrophe. For the British, it was about pastureland to feed the colony. McDonald covers the 1838-42 period, when the colony switched from a convict model to free immigration. It was also a time of debilitating drought and economic ruin. He also examines the power of dominant family blocs (Campbells, Palmers, Murrays, Johnstons, Wrights, etc.), the uneasy imposition of British law on the 'frontier', the gold rushes of the 1850s, and the ever-increasing pressure for political reform. Canberra II drills down into the lives of ordinary people. It reveals some of the more elusive topics: the stories of women, children, LGBQTI+ individuals, the working poor, and the earliest ethnic households and enclaves. Along the way, McDonald breaks new ground. A new pastoral chronology is constructed, acts of pastoral bastardry are exposed, Canberra's female bushranger, Mrs Winter, is unearthed, the Anglican foundation myth is debunked, and he even asks whether AFL had its origins on the Molonglo.