[PDF] Australias Neighbors eBook

Author : Nick Knight
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 47,68 MB
Release : 2011-09-26
Category : History
ISBN : 0521157137

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A comprehensive introduction to the study of Asia. Written thematically, it provides comparisons between Asian and Australian societies and encourages readers to think about Australia's neighbours across a wide range of social, economic and historical contexts.

Author : Mary Colson
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 40,97 MB
Release : 2014-11-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1484610954

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Australia offers complete coverage of this fascinating country, including sections on history, geography, wildlife, infrastructure and government, and culture. It also includes a detailed fact file, maps and charts, and a traceable flag.

Author : Elizabeth Onslow
Publisher :
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 39,80 MB
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Australia
ISBN : 9780864271297

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"From tiny Pitcairn to much larger New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, Australia¿s Pacific neighbours are a widely varying group of landscapes, cultures, peoples and histories. This book tells their stories from earliest times through the French, German, British and American colonial eras to, for some, independence and beyond. It is a chronicle of inter-tribal hostilities, of arrogant European colonialism, of cultural and economic successes and failures. Every one of these has its own special story. These are Australia¿s Pacific Neighbours."

Author : James C. Docherty
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 34,45 MB
Release : 2010
Category : History
ISBN : 0810876345

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The last continent to be claimed by Europeans, Australia began to be settled by the British in 1788 in the form of a jail for its convicts. While British culture has had the largest influence on the country and its presence can be seen everywhere, the British were not Australia's original populace. The first inhabitants of Australia, the Aborigines, are believed to have migrated from Southeast Asia into northern Australia as early as 60,000 years ago. This distinctive blend of vastly different cultures contributed to the ease with which Australia has become one of the world's most successful immigrant nations. The A to Z of Australia relates the history of this unique and beautiful land, which is home to an amazing range of flora and fauna, a climate that ranges from tropical forests to arid deserts, and the largest single collection of coral reefs and islands in the world. Through a detailed chronology, an introduction, appendixes, a bibliography, and cross-referenced dictionary entries on some of the more significant persons, places, and events; institutions and organizations; and political, economic, social, cultural, and religious facets, author James Docherty provides a much needed single volume reference on Australia, from its most unpromising of beginnings as a British jail to the liberal, tolerant, democracy it is today.

Author : Colleen Sexton
Publisher : Bellwether Media
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 46,90 MB
Release : 2010-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 160014473X

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"Developed by literacy experts for students in grades three through seven, this book introduces young readers to the geography and culture of Australia"--Provided by publisher.

Author : David Lowe
Publisher : Raintree
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 28,67 MB
Release : 1997
Category : History
ISBN : 9780817245535

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Surveys the geography, history, natural resources, peoples and cultures, economy and government of the sixth-biggest country in the world.