| Edition |
Rev. ed. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 722 p.) : maps (some col.) |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
The Oxford Companion to Australian History draws on the latest scholarship and covers people, institutions, and events that have shaped Australian society, politics and culture. There are entries on politicians, colonisers, visionaries, newspaper barons, industrialists, explorers, writers, artists, and scientists. There are numerous extended essays on key facets of the nation's life - political, social, cultural, scientific, military, and economic. Readers will find incisive entries on matters such as, art, capital punishment, gambling, language, literature, military history, republicanism, and reconciliation. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Australia -- History -- Encyclopedias.
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| Added Author |
Davison, Graeme, 1940-
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Hirst, J. B. (John Bradley)
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Macintyre, Stuart, 1947-
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| Added Title |
Australian history |
| Other Form: |
Print version : 9780195515039 |
| ISBN |
9780191735165 (ebook) : No price |
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