Author: Malcolm Henry Ellis
Publisher: Angus & Robertson
ISBN: 9780732291488
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Scottish-born Lachlan Macquarie was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales on New Year's Day, 1810, and held office for the next 12 years. In this classic biography of Gov. Macquarie, with a new introduction by Beverly Kingston, Ellis paints a vivid picture of Australian history, when a Governer's word was law.
Lachlan Macquarie
Author: Malcolm Henry Ellis
Publisher: Angus & Robertson
ISBN: 9780732291488
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Scottish-born Lachlan Macquarie was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales on New Year's Day, 1810, and held office for the next 12 years. In this classic biography of Gov. Macquarie, with a new introduction by Beverly Kingston, Ellis paints a vivid picture of Australian history, when a Governer's word was law.
Publisher: Angus & Robertson
ISBN: 9780732291488
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Scottish-born Lachlan Macquarie was sworn in as Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales on New Year's Day, 1810, and held office for the next 12 years. In this classic biography of Gov. Macquarie, with a new introduction by Beverly Kingston, Ellis paints a vivid picture of Australian history, when a Governer's word was law.
Lachlan Macquarie
Author: Malcolm Henry Ellis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Governors
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
The ADB's Story
Author: Melanie Nolan
Publisher: ANU E Press
ISBN: 1925021203
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
THE ADB'S STORY is a detailed history of the eminent publication THE AUSTRALIAN DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHY. Published as part of the ANU Lives series, the National Centre of Biography has produced this comprehensive profile of the ADB's origins, processes and people. Edited by Melanie Nolan and Christine Fernon, this is a fantastic book for scholars of Australian history and biography.
Publisher: ANU E Press
ISBN: 1925021203
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
THE ADB'S STORY is a detailed history of the eminent publication THE AUSTRALIAN DICTIONARY OF BIOGRAPHY. Published as part of the ANU Lives series, the National Centre of Biography has produced this comprehensive profile of the ADB's origins, processes and people. Edited by Melanie Nolan and Christine Fernon, this is a fantastic book for scholars of Australian history and biography.
The Enlightenment, Philanthropy and the Idea of Social Progress in Early Australia
Author: Ilya Lazarev
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429818084
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
This book seeks to highlight the influence of the Enlightenment idea of social progress on the character of the "civilising mission" in early Australia by tracing its presence in the various "civilising" attempts undertaken between 1788 and 1850. It also represents an attempt to marry the history of the British Enlightenment and the history of settler-Aboriginal interactions. The chronological structure of the book, as well as the breadth of its content, will facilitate the readers’ understanding of the evolution of "civilising attempts" and their epistemological underpinnings, while throwing additional light on the influence of the Enlightenment on Australian history as a whole.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429818084
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
This book seeks to highlight the influence of the Enlightenment idea of social progress on the character of the "civilising mission" in early Australia by tracing its presence in the various "civilising" attempts undertaken between 1788 and 1850. It also represents an attempt to marry the history of the British Enlightenment and the history of settler-Aboriginal interactions. The chronological structure of the book, as well as the breadth of its content, will facilitate the readers’ understanding of the evolution of "civilising attempts" and their epistemological underpinnings, while throwing additional light on the influence of the Enlightenment on Australian history as a whole.
The World, The Flesh and the Devil
Author: Andrew Sharp
Publisher: Auckland University Press
ISBN: 1775587088
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1277
Book Description
New Zealanders know Samuel Marsden as the founder of the CMS missions that brought Christianity (and perhaps sheep) to New Zealand. Australians know him as &‘the flogging parson' who established large landholdings and was dismissed from his position as magistrate for exceeding his jurisdiction. English readers know of Marsden for his key role in the history of missions and empire. In this major biography spanning research, and the subject's life, across England, New South Wales and New Zealand, Andrew Sharp tells the story of Marsden's life from the inside. Sharp focuses on revealing to modern readers the powerful evangelical lens through which Marsden understood the world. By diving deeply into key moments &– the voyage out, the disputes with Macquarie, the founding of missions &– Sharp gets us to reimagine the world as Marsden saw it: always under threat from the Prince of Darkness, in need of &‘a bold reprover of vice', a world written in the words of the King James Bible. Andrew Sharp takes us back into the nineteenth-century world, and an evangelical mind, to reveal the past as truly a foreign country.
Publisher: Auckland University Press
ISBN: 1775587088
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1277
Book Description
New Zealanders know Samuel Marsden as the founder of the CMS missions that brought Christianity (and perhaps sheep) to New Zealand. Australians know him as &‘the flogging parson' who established large landholdings and was dismissed from his position as magistrate for exceeding his jurisdiction. English readers know of Marsden for his key role in the history of missions and empire. In this major biography spanning research, and the subject's life, across England, New South Wales and New Zealand, Andrew Sharp tells the story of Marsden's life from the inside. Sharp focuses on revealing to modern readers the powerful evangelical lens through which Marsden understood the world. By diving deeply into key moments &– the voyage out, the disputes with Macquarie, the founding of missions &– Sharp gets us to reimagine the world as Marsden saw it: always under threat from the Prince of Darkness, in need of &‘a bold reprover of vice', a world written in the words of the King James Bible. Andrew Sharp takes us back into the nineteenth-century world, and an evangelical mind, to reveal the past as truly a foreign country.
Sir Stamford Raffles And Some Of His Friends And Contemporaries: A Memoir Of The Founder Of Singapore
Author: John Bastin
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9813277688
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
This book — written by Dr John Bastin, a leading authority on the study of Sir Stamford Raffles — offers an alternative biographical account of Raffles, as seen through his relationship with some of his closest friends and contemporaries.The people featured include the naturalists Joseph Arnold, Thomas Horsfield and Nathaniel Wallich, who received support from Raffles in carrying on their scientific research, and the orientalist John Leyden, who influenced Raffles's study of Malay and Malay customs.Examining Raffles and his social circle presents an original perspective of the man and of the colonial world in which he lived, and his correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues reflects his attitude and opinions on a range of issues, including his desire to extend the benefits of education. The book is a highly original contribution to the study of Raffles in the bicentenary year of his founding of Singapore.
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9813277688
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 488
Book Description
This book — written by Dr John Bastin, a leading authority on the study of Sir Stamford Raffles — offers an alternative biographical account of Raffles, as seen through his relationship with some of his closest friends and contemporaries.The people featured include the naturalists Joseph Arnold, Thomas Horsfield and Nathaniel Wallich, who received support from Raffles in carrying on their scientific research, and the orientalist John Leyden, who influenced Raffles's study of Malay and Malay customs.Examining Raffles and his social circle presents an original perspective of the man and of the colonial world in which he lived, and his correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues reflects his attitude and opinions on a range of issues, including his desire to extend the benefits of education. The book is a highly original contribution to the study of Raffles in the bicentenary year of his founding of Singapore.
A Concise History of Australia
Author: Stuart Macintyre
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108728480
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Macintyre revisits A Concise History of Australia to provoke readers to reconsider Australia's past and its relationship to the present.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108728480
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 411
Book Description
Macintyre revisits A Concise History of Australia to provoke readers to reconsider Australia's past and its relationship to the present.
Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia No. 43 - 1957
Author:
Publisher: Aust. Bureau of Statistics
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1225
Book Description
Publisher: Aust. Bureau of Statistics
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1225
Book Description
Governor Macquarie
Author: Derek Parker
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459616464
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
The first new biography of Lachlan Macquarie in decades, this book draws on a wealth of sources, both in Australia and overseas, to paint a picture of the man and his times. It must be seen as one of the great ironies of Australian history that as far as the British Government was concerned he failed in his duty as Governor of New South Wales - as was clearly documented to official minds in the official report compiled by Commissioner John Bigge. This report concluded that while Governor Macquarie had certainly supervised the building in New South Wales of some good roads and some handsome buildings (if at far too high a cost to the British taxpayers), under his government the colony had ceased to be what it was required to be: a place with a reputation for cruelty and hopelessness so terrifying that the very threat of being banished there would strike terror into the heart of any prospective malefactor. Macquarie had in fact had a vision shared by few others that New Holland had the potential to become `one of the greatest and most flourishing colonies belonging to the British Empire' - and became determined to do his part in steering the fledgling community in that direction.
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN: 1459616464
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
The first new biography of Lachlan Macquarie in decades, this book draws on a wealth of sources, both in Australia and overseas, to paint a picture of the man and his times. It must be seen as one of the great ironies of Australian history that as far as the British Government was concerned he failed in his duty as Governor of New South Wales - as was clearly documented to official minds in the official report compiled by Commissioner John Bigge. This report concluded that while Governor Macquarie had certainly supervised the building in New South Wales of some good roads and some handsome buildings (if at far too high a cost to the British taxpayers), under his government the colony had ceased to be what it was required to be: a place with a reputation for cruelty and hopelessness so terrifying that the very threat of being banished there would strike terror into the heart of any prospective malefactor. Macquarie had in fact had a vision shared by few others that New Holland had the potential to become `one of the greatest and most flourishing colonies belonging to the British Empire' - and became determined to do his part in steering the fledgling community in that direction.
Turning Points in Australian History
Author: Martin Crotty
Publisher: UNSW Press
ISBN: 1921410566
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
This exciting and stimulating book looks back at turning points and crucial moments in Australian history. Rather than arguing that there have been forks on a pre-determined road, the book challenges us to think about other paths or better paths that might have led to different outcomes.
Publisher: UNSW Press
ISBN: 1921410566
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 315
Book Description
This exciting and stimulating book looks back at turning points and crucial moments in Australian history. Rather than arguing that there have been forks on a pre-determined road, the book challenges us to think about other paths or better paths that might have led to different outcomes.