Author: Albert N. Clarke
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Category : Historic buildings
Languages : en
Pages : 56

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Author: Gretchen Poiner
Publisher: Sydney University Press
ISBN: 1743324561
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 304

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Whether on the ground or in the mind gardens carry meaning. They reflect social and aesthetic values and may express hope, anticipation or grief. Throughout history they have provided a means of physical survival. In creating and maintaining gardens people construe and construct a relationship with their environment. But there is no single meaning carried in the word ‘garden’: as idea and practice it reflects cultural differences in beliefs, values and social organisation. It embodies personal, community even national ways of seeing and being in the world. There are ten essays in Gardens of History and Imagination, each of which examines the role of gardens and gardening in the settlement of New South Wales and in growing a colony and a state. They explore the significance of gardens for the health of the colony, for its economy, for the construction of social order and moral worth. No less do they reveal the significance of forming and reforming personal identities in this process. For the immigrants gardening was an act of settlement; it was also a statement of possession for individuals and for Britain. For a long time it was with memories of ‘home’, often selective and idealised, that settlers made gardens but as the colony developed its own character so did gardening possibilities and practices.

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Category : Architecture, Domestic
Languages : en
Pages : 34

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Author: Margo Daly
Publisher: Rough Guides
ISBN: 9781843531166
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 384

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The Rough Guide to Sydney is the ultimate handbook to this vibrant city. Features include: - Full-colour section introducing Sydney's highlights. - Lively coverage of every attraction, from catching a wave at Bondi Beach or scaling the Harbour Bridge to watching a film under the stars. - Critical reviews of restaurants and accommodation for every price range, plus the lowdown on the best places to drink, dance, swim and shop. - Detailed accounts of city escapes including wine tasting in the Hunter Valley, bushwalking in the Blue Mountains and cruising on the Hawkesbury River. - Maps and plans covering the city and day-trips.

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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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Author: Alan Sharpe
Publisher: Kingsclear Books Pty Ltd
ISBN: 0908272596
Category : Sydney (N.S.W.)
Languages : en
Pages : 148

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Author: Peter Spearritt
Publisher: UNSW Press
ISBN: 9780868405131
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 358

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In this lively portrait of Sydney's development, Peter Spearritt traces a century in the life of the city - from the celebrations of the Federation of Australia in 1901 to the 2000 Olympic Games. He describes the extra-ordinary growth of the city and its sprawling suburbs, and the transition from a port and a manufacturing center to an international financial hub.

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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 336

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Author: Fred Johns
Publisher:
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Category : Australia
Languages : en
Pages : 334

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Publisher: National Library Australia
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1098

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