The Birth of Melbourne edited and introduced by Tim Flannery

The Birth of Melbourne edited and introduced by Tim Flannery

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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781877008382
Author: Tim Flannery (editor)
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Text Publishing
Place: Melbourne VIC
Year: 2002
Format: Paperback
Pages: 392 pages
Period: 19th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Minor wear to book corners and edges. Pages have sunned.

In 1835 John Batman sailed up the Yarra and was astonished by the beauty of the land. It was a temperate Kakadu, teeming with wildlife and with soils rich enough to spawn pastoral empires. With the discovery of gold, the city was transformed almost overnight into 'marvellous Melbourne'. And yet, as Tim Flannery writes, the price paid was environmental ruin and the tragic loss of societies that had flourished on Port Phillip Bay for millennia.

The Birth of Melbourne includes voices that range from tribal elders to Chinese immigrants, from governors to criminals. Among many others, John Pascoe Fawkner, Georgiana McCrae, J. B. Were, Antoine Fauchery, Ned Kelly, Marcus Clarke, Anthony Trollope and Rudyard Kipling contribute to this biography of our most surprising city. (back cover)

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