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Transport, Trades and Travel in Australia 1788-1930s: Cedar, Seals and Whaling Ships
Author: John Nicholson
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| Retail Price: | $29.95 |
| Betabooks Price | $23.96 |
ISBN: 9781741750034
Format: Hardback
Published: August 2007
Published By: Allen and Unwin
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Published: August 2007
Published By: Allen and Unwin
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Titles that are READY TO SHIP will be sent from our warehouse within 2 business days while stocks last. Click here for more details.
Product Description
How did early white settlers in Australia survive and prosper? This book shows:Convicts manhandling heavey carts and making roads.
Sealing gangs doing it tough on remote islands.
Whaleboat crews harpooning their prey.
Timber-getters razing vast areas of cedar forest.
Woolgrowers experimenting with merino flocks.
Shipbuilders and sailors, trailblazers and bullockies.