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SECOND HAND BOOK
“Professor Clark has enriched and extended the story of the first phase of Australian history by a distinctive interpretation and perspective. He sees the Australia of today as a product of European expansion into Asia and the Pacific, its roots penetrating back far beyond 1788. …
The early years at Port Jackson were a struggle for survival in a strange and hostile environment. Professor Clark follows the adventures of those who explored and tried to subdue the land, of those who made their fortunes and those who laboured in vain and despaired …
This volume ends with British colonial societies firmly established in Australia, and the aborigines withdrawing into the interior as white settlement expanded. Permeating the whole narrative are the beliefs and values, the schemes, theories and dreams of all who contributed to the story.”
Specifications:
Condition: Fair. Dust jacket is worn and ripped. Yellowed pages.
Publisher: Melbourne University Press
Year: 1963, first published 1962
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 422
ISBN: N/A
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