Far Country: A Short History Of The Northern Territory (Centenary Edition)
by Powell, Alan
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Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Melbourne University Press, Melbourne 2000 (first published 2000). 24.0 x 16.0cms, 312pp, fine hardback & dustwrapper The chapters are: the land and those who belonged to it: the forces of change; the British come & go; Australian expansionism; dream's end; civilisers, celestials & savages; the coming of the Commonwealth; mhope deferred & hope renewed; war in the North; Commonwealth & Territory, 1945 to the present.
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- Bookseller
- THE CROSS Art + Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 159009
- Title
- Far Country: A Short History Of The Northern Territory (Centenary Edition)
- Author
- Powell, Alan
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Press, Melbourne 2000 (first published 2000)
- Keywords
- darwin top end aboriginese aboriginal kakadu history
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Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales
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We stock books about art, design, fashion and history, with a lot of books about Asian, Australian and Pacific arts, crafts, design and cultural history. We have books on women artists, academic analyses and dissident life as well as monographs on Old Masters and avant-garde artists.
Our shop is in Sydney's legendary Kings Cross, which provided alternatives to Australia's normalities and suburbia for 80 years. Colloquially known as The Cross, this name signifies Antipodean bohemia, street gangs and a famous red light district.
We buy quality books on the visual arts, architecture & design. We do not sell any children's books, cooking books, novels or self-help books. Five minutes walk from Kings Cross station, we are open between 10 – 6, every day of the week.
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