Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
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Category : 1853
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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The Luck of Barry Lyndon
Author: William Makepeace Thackeray
Publisher:
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Category : 1853
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Publisher:
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Category : 1853
Languages : en
Pages : 276
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Redmond Barry
Author: Ann Galbally
Publisher: Melbourne University Publish
ISBN: 9780522845167
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Sir Redmond Barry was the pre-eminent figure in Melbourne of the middle years of last century. A Supreme Court judge for thirty years, he was the founding and sustaining force behind the University of Melbourne, the Supreme Court Library, the Public Library, the National Gallery and the Museum. As social and cultural benefactor, he stands alone. Paradox pervaded his life. While seen by many as a hidebound, even villainous judge, his trust in the rule of law underpinned, for example, an unusually sympathetic and active response to the Aboriginal people. Yet fear of losing social standing and his Irish family's esteem blinkered him to injustice on his own doorstep. The story of his unacknowledged relationship of thirty years with Louisa Barrow, and of their four illegitimate children, is perplexing and often painful in the telling. This important biography is long overdue.
Publisher: Melbourne University Publish
ISBN: 9780522845167
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
Sir Redmond Barry was the pre-eminent figure in Melbourne of the middle years of last century. A Supreme Court judge for thirty years, he was the founding and sustaining force behind the University of Melbourne, the Supreme Court Library, the Public Library, the National Gallery and the Museum. As social and cultural benefactor, he stands alone. Paradox pervaded his life. While seen by many as a hidebound, even villainous judge, his trust in the rule of law underpinned, for example, an unusually sympathetic and active response to the Aboriginal people. Yet fear of losing social standing and his Irish family's esteem blinkered him to injustice on his own doorstep. The story of his unacknowledged relationship of thirty years with Louisa Barrow, and of their four illegitimate children, is perplexing and often painful in the telling. This important biography is long overdue.
A Science of Our Own
Author: Peter H. Hoffenberg
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822987066
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
When the Reverend Henry Carmichael opened the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts in 1833, he introduced a bold directive: for Australia to advance on the scale of nations, it needed to develop a science of its own. Prominent scientists in the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria answered this call by participating in popular exhibitions far and near, from London’s Crystal Place in 1851 to Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Brisbane during the final decades of the nineteenth century. A Science of Our Own explores the influential work of local botanists, chemists, and geologists—William B. Clarke, Joseph Bosisto, Robert Brough Smyth, and Ferdinand Mueller—who contributed to shaping a distinctive public science in Australia during the nineteenth century. It extends beyond the political underpinnings of the development of public science to consider the rich social and cultural context at its core. For the Australian colonies, as Peter H. Hoffenberg argues, these exhibitions not only offered a path to progress by promoting both the knowledge and authority of local scientists and public policies; they also ultimately redefined the relationship between science and society by representing and appealing to the growing popularity of science at home and abroad.
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822987066
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
When the Reverend Henry Carmichael opened the Sydney Mechanics’ School of Arts in 1833, he introduced a bold directive: for Australia to advance on the scale of nations, it needed to develop a science of its own. Prominent scientists in the colonies of New South Wales and Victoria answered this call by participating in popular exhibitions far and near, from London’s Crystal Place in 1851 to Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, and Brisbane during the final decades of the nineteenth century. A Science of Our Own explores the influential work of local botanists, chemists, and geologists—William B. Clarke, Joseph Bosisto, Robert Brough Smyth, and Ferdinand Mueller—who contributed to shaping a distinctive public science in Australia during the nineteenth century. It extends beyond the political underpinnings of the development of public science to consider the rich social and cultural context at its core. For the Australian colonies, as Peter H. Hoffenberg argues, these exhibitions not only offered a path to progress by promoting both the knowledge and authority of local scientists and public policies; they also ultimately redefined the relationship between science and society by representing and appealing to the growing popularity of science at home and abroad.
A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland
Author: John Burke
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Category : Gentry
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
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Publisher:
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Category : Gentry
Languages : en
Pages : 1026
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Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland
Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 766
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 766
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A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland
Author: Bernard Burke
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Category : Gentry
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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Category : Gentry
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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An Empire on Display
Author: Peter H. Hoffenberg
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520922969
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
The exhibitions of the Victorian and Edwardian eras are the lens through which this book examines the economic, cultural, and social forces that helped define Britain and the Empire. It focuses on exhibitions in England, Australia, and India from the Great Exhibition to the Festival of Empire.
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520922969
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 632
Book Description
The exhibitions of the Victorian and Edwardian eras are the lens through which this book examines the economic, cultural, and social forces that helped define Britain and the Empire. It focuses on exhibitions in England, Australia, and India from the Great Exhibition to the Festival of Empire.
The Parliamentary Debates (official Report).
Author: Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Contains the 4th session of the 28th Parliament through the 1st session of the 48th Parliament.
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 852
Book Description
Contains the 4th session of the 28th Parliament through the 1st session of the 48th Parliament.
The Parliamentary Debates (official Report[s]) ...
Author: Great Britain. Parliament
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1338
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Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1338
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The Library Record of Australasia
Author:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Publisher:
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Category : Libraries
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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