A HISTORY OF AUSTRALIA. Volume I, II and III by Clark, C.M.H. (Second Hand Book)

SECOND HAND BOOK – EX LIBRARY

From the earliest time to the age of Macquarie: 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, of those sent there to be punished and reformed, of the men who acted as their gaolers, and of the officials both in England and New South Wales who influenced the transformation of the gaol into a colony. 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.

The Beginning of an Australian civilization 1824-1851: This volume of Manning Clark’s distinguished history takes the story of Australia to the momentous discovery of gold and the separation of Victoria from New South Wales. Up to this point the story is one of destruction as well as construction, the destruction of the aborigines and the construction of an essentially English Bourgeois Society and the taming of an alien and seemingly sterile land along the coastal  country. This is not a general Australian History, it does not attempt to cover all aspects and it is not a definitive or quantitative analysis. It is a work of art, a living and breathing account of the remarking of a primitive continent, history come alive.

Specifications:

Condition: Good condition. With the Ex- Library stamps, light age toning.

Publisher: Melbourne University Press

Format: Hardback

Pages:

• volume 1: From the earliest time to the age of Macquarie: 422 pages
• volume 2: New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land 1822 – 1838: 364 pages
• volume 3: The Beginning of an Australian civilization 1824-1851: 491 pages

ISBN:

• 0522840086 (volume 1 & 2)
• 052284054X (volume 3)

$19.00

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