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Land Half Won, A Revised Edition.)

Blainey, Geoffrey, 1930-
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General history of Australia; early chapters discuss contact history; violent conflict, use of Aborigines as guides and arguments used to justify occupation of land, European attitudes to land and the physical taming of the continent.

 

v, 388 p., [12] p. of plates : 1 map ; 19 cm. #160722 Revised Edition.

Australia, to 1900.  |  Settlement and contacts – Explorers.  |  Colonisation.  |  Race relations – Violent – Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. – To 1900.  |  History.  |  Australia — History — 1788-1900.

Geoffrey Blainey is an Australian historian, born 1930 in Melbourne, Victoria. He is a graduate of the University of Melbourne. He taught at the University of Melbourne and held chairs in economic history and history. He taught at Harvard University as a visiting professor of Australian Studies. He has written over 36 and is the author of The Story of Australia’s People: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia for which he was a joint winner of the 2016 Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Australian history.

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Author Blainey, Geoffrey, 1930-
Number of pagesv, 388 p., [12] p. of plates : 1 map ; 19 cm.
PublisherSun Books, Melbourne
Year Published1992 reprint
Binding Type

Softcover
Book Condition

Near Fine

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