History of West Australia : : narrative of her past, together with biographies of her leading men

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AuthorKimberly, W. B.DescriptionThe book consists of two parts: the first (and larger) section up to page 348 deals with the history of Western Australia from the earliest European hypotheses of the country's existence in the 14th century through to the year of publication (1897), including extensive detail on European exploration across the state from 1829. Two appendices which are essentially essays, follow and deal mainly with gold and the gold mining industry which was the dominant social and economic factor in the state at the time of publication.; The second section is a volume of 163 biographies of notable Western Australians and typically includes several pages of text as well as a large portrait photo for each entry. The prose is quite flowery but does include a lot of important biographical detail.ImprintMelbourne : : F.W. Niven,, 1897.Collation348 p. and 236 p. : 24 leaves of plates : ill., ; 30 cm.LanguageEnglishNotesPrinted in three volumes: first two cover Part One, the third Part TwoDewey Class994.1 HISPublication FormatBook

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Barcode30118000475388LocationReference Collection

SubjectPoliticiansBiographyHistory - GeneralPolitics and governmentCollectionPublications Collection

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