Great Central State: The Foundation of the Northern Territory by Jack Cross
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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781862548770
Book Condition: Very Good
Author: Jack Cross
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Wakefield Press
Place: Adelaide SA
Year: 2011
Format: Paperback
Pages: 432 pages
Period: 19th Century
Book Description
Secondhand. Very good to near fine condition. Slight shelf wear to tail foredge.
The Northern Territory's first European decades were an extraordinary mixture of grand vision and human folly, peopled with larger-than-life characters.
In Great Central State, Jack Cross tells the story of South Australia's ambitious - or foolhardy - plan to become the premier colony of Australia using its own unique experience in planned colonisation, and its bid to develop the north coast as an integral part of South-East Asia. Bitter feuding abounds alongside admirable efficiency, while tales of courage and sacrifice are matched by episodes of sad ignorance and abuse. This is a history strange but true.
Great Central State is a result of the most sustained historical research on a South Australian subject since Douglas Pike's Paradise of Dissent published in 1957. In his wry, meticulously researched book, Jack Cross demonstrates that already before 1911 when the Northern Territory was ceded to the Commonwealth, it had a sophisticated history of its own. He looks forward to the day when it will become the seventh Australian state. (publisher blurb)
Great Central State: The Foundation of the Northern Territory by Jack Cross
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