[PDF] A History Of South Australia From Colonial Days To The Present eBook

Author : Edwin Hodder
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 33,31 MB
Release : 2022-11-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN :

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The History of South Australia is a reflection on the colonization of Australia and various other historical events. South Australia is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the aridest parts of the country. With a total land area of 984,321 square kilometers (380,048 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, and the second smallest state by population.

Author : Paul Sendziuk
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 44,62 MB
Release : 2018-05-24
Category : History
ISBN : 1108630030

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A History of South Australia investigates South Australia's history from before the arrival of the first European maritime explorers to the present day, and examines its distinctive origins as a 'free' settlement. In this compelling and nuanced history, Paul Sendziuk and Robert Foster consider the imprint of people on the land - and vice versa - and offer fresh insights into relations between Indigenous people and the European colonisers. They chart South Australia's economic, political and social development, including the advance and retreat of an interventionist government, the establishment of the state's distinctive socio-political formations, and its relationship to the rest of Australia and the world. The first comprehensive, single-volume history of the state to be published in over fifty years, A History of South Australia is an essential and engaging contribution to our understanding of South Australia's past.

Author : John Wrathall Bull
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 46,39 MB
Release : 2015-06-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781330073186

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Excerpt from Early Experiences of Life in South Australia: And an Extended Colonial History The following work has already been published in parts in the columns of the South Australian Chronicle, and has been read with very great interest by persons of all classes. The chapters are now rearranged, so that those relating to each special subject or class of subjects appear in their more natural order. The author's aim has been to relate striking incidents coming generally under his own observation in the early days of the province; to describe the struggles of the pioneer settlers, the misfortunes and disasters against which they contended, and the scenes in which they were actors. He has endeavoured to picture South Australia as it was in 1836, and for the next six or seven years, and to do justice to the achievements and character of some men whose merits have not perhaps been at all times sufficiently appreciated. Many of the adventures Mr. Bull describes have a great element of romance about them, and his bush yarns and the chapters on the encounters of the police and settlers with the blacks and bushrangers cannot fail to be exciting and attractive reading. Respecting the views he holds upon some public questions, and concerning the policy of our rulers in the days long gone by, there may be differences of opinion, but there can be no doubt as to the value of this work as an accurate record of events. Its style is not ambitious, but the writer tells his story in an easy, agreeable way. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.