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Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman's Life Among Aborigines
Daisy Bates in the Desert: A Woman's Life Among Aborigines
by Julia Blackburn
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In 1913, at the age of 54, Daisy Bates went to live in the deserts of South Australia. Brilliantly reviewed, astonishingly original, this "eloquent and illuminating portrait of an extraordinary woman" (New York Times Book Review) tells a... (read more)

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Culture in Australia: Policies, Publics and Programs (Reshaping Australian Institutions)
Culture in Australia: Policies, Publics and Programs (Reshaping Australian Institutions)
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Culture in Australia offers an incisive and up-to-date examination of the forces that are reshaping Australian cultural priorities, policies and practices at the start of the twenty-first century. Drawing on the work of some of Australia's leading... (read more)

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Australian Colors: Images of the Outback
Australian Colors: Images of the Outback
by Bill Bachman
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For more than two years, photojournalist Bill Bachman explored the unique beauty of this mystical terrain, returning with the more than 300 dazzling, and sometimes perplexing, photographs featured in Australian Colors. The entertaining text he weaves... (read more)

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Cultural Atlas of Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific
Cultural Atlas of Australia, New Zealand, and the South Pacific
by Richard Nile and Christian Clerk
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This guide for both intrepid and armchair travelers covers this diverse region of the Pacific and all its peoples and rich traditions.... (read more)

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The Songlines
The Songlines
by Bruce Chatwin
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Bruce Chatwin—author of In Patagonia—ventures into the desolate land of Outback Australia to learn the meaning of the Aborginals' ancient "Dreaming-tracks." Along these timeless paths, amongst the fortune hunters and redneck Australians... (read more)

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Respectable Lives: Social Standing in Rural New Zealand
Respectable Lives: Social Standing in Rural New Zealand
by Elvin Hatch
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Where do we get our notions of social hierarchy and personal worth? What underlies our beliefs about the goals worth aiming for, the persons we hope to become? Elvin Hatch addresses these questions in his ethnography of a small New Zealand farming... (read more)

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Recovery from the Depression
Recovery from the Depression
by Rg Gregory
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In Australian economic history, as in the nation's politics and culture, the Great Depression is a dominant theme. In this volume, an international group of economists and economic historians has collaborated to examine the ways in which Australia... (read more)

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Birth of Sydney (99 Edition)
Birth of Sydney (99 Edition)
by Tim (ed.) Flannery
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The story of the founding and rise to prominence of one of the world's greatest cities -- Sydney, Australia, site of the 2000 Summer Olympic Games. Blending together the writings of early Australian settlers, leaders, journalists, and explorers, in The... (read more)

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Presenting New Zealand: An Illustrated History
Presenting New Zealand: An Illustrated History
by Philip Temple
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Lavishly illustrated with over 150 full color and black and white historical and contemporary photographs, artworks, and regional maps, Presenting New Zealand is a quintessential visual and informative account of how the country has developed in relative... (read more)

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Social Change in Melanesia: Development and History
Social Change in Melanesia: Development and History
by Paul Sillitoe
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An account of social change in Melanesia covering the colonial period and the post-colonial era.... (read more)

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Micronesia Country Study Guide
Micronesia Country Study Guide
by Global Investment &
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Geography, history, people, language, culture, traditions, economy, government, politics, constitution, places to visit, info for travelers.Updated... (read more)

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Explorers (98 Edition)
Explorers (98 Edition)
by Tim (ed.) Flannery
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In this lively collection of stories of adventure and discovery, "The Explorers" tells the epic saga of the conquest and settlement of Australia. Flannery presents 67 accounts that convey the sense of wonder along with the dimensions of struggle.... (read more)

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Australia's History: Themes and Debates
Australia's History: Themes and Debates
by Martyn Lyons
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This landmark volume will be created to coincide with the 20th International Congress of Historical Sciences which the University of New South Wales in Sydney will be hosting in 2005. Sponsored by the Australian Historical Association, the book will... (read more)

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Sydney: The City and Its People
Sydney: The City and Its People
by Ian Grady
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Provides a brief outline of Sydney, its geographical position and its history.... (read more)

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Mutiny, Terrorism, Riots and Murder: A History of Sedition in Australia and New Zealand
Mutiny, Terrorism, Riots and Murder: A History of Sedition in Australia and New Zealand
by Kevin Baker
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Baker (management, U. of Applied Science, Bonn, Germany, and U. of Sichuan, China) examines civil and military unrest in Australia and New Zealand from European colonization to 2005. He describes rioting during the nineteenth century, including the... (read more)

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Australian Cultural History
Australian Cultural History
by Francis Barrymore Smith
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Australian Cultural History is a 1988 text which opens up new ways of looking at Australian society, culture and history. The diverse and distinguished authors range across religion, literature, history, popular ideas, painting, ballet, patronage and... (read more)

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The Singing Line: Tracking the Australian Adventures of My Intrepid Victorian Ancestors
The Singing Line: Tracking the Australian Adventures of My Intrepid Victorian Ancestors
by Alice Thomson
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A charming true-life romantic adventure about a pair of young British couples--one hundred fifty years apart--braving the exotic rigors of the Australian Outback The Singing Line is a wondrous narrative that combines the historical adventure of Longitude... (read more)

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The Cultivation of Whiteness: Science, Health and Racial Destiny in Australia
The Cultivation of Whiteness: Science, Health and Racial Destiny in Australia
by Warwick Anderson
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In nineteenth-century Australia, the main commentators on race and biological differences were doctors. But the medical profession entertained serious anxieties about the possibility of "racial denigration" of the white population in the new land, and... (read more)

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Australia Flying High (Flying High)
Australia Flying High (Flying High)
by Klaus D. Francke
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Australia is the world's smallest continent but the world's largest island, unsurpassed in its diversity of cultures and natural wonders. Aerial photographer Klaus D. Francke invites readers to explore this vast and beautiful land through this superb... (read more)

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Terra Nullius (07 Edition)
Terra Nullius (07 Edition)
by Lindqvist
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"At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace throughout the world the savage races."—Charles Darwin, The Descent of Man "Terra nullius"—no man's... (read more)

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