A Concise History of Western Australia
A Concise History of Western Australia

Author: Russell Earls Davis

Publisher: Woodslane Press

Published: 2019-07-01

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 1925868222

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This second edition has been brought up to date following the latest developments in the state. The human history of Western Australia, as of all Australia, stretches back some 60,000 years. It is often assumed that European colonisation was very recent relative to the rest of Australia, but in fact it was contemporary with the first penal colony in Queensland, and while a South Australian settlement was still a gleam in Londons eye. Albany was first settled in 1826 and the Swan River settlement (later to become Perth) in 1829. It was also the first part of Australia to be even seen by Europeans: the Portuguese back in the early 1600s. The first 60 or 70 years of European settlement were very difficult, but when the gold rushes came in the late 1800s, WA was set on the path of mineral wealth that still drives its economy today.

The Constitution of Western Australia
The Constitution of Western Australia

Author: Alan Fenna

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2023-06-16

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 9819931819

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This book provides the first comprehensive introduction to, and enquiry into, the rules of Western Australia’s (WA) system of government. The WA Constitution is not well known or understood ― or even easy to identify ― and this book provides an essential guide. It brings academic expertise and careful scholarship to the exploration of sometimes complex constitutional issues in a way that will be invaluable for those with specialist interest in constitutional law and government while also being engaging and accessible for a wider audience. In doing so, it combines authorial expertise from constitutional law and political science — something essential to a well-rounded understanding of the simultaneously legal and political nature of a Constitution.

Colonial Cousins
Colonial Cousins

Author: Joyce P. Westrip

Publisher: Wakefield Press

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 466

ISBN-13: 1862548412

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An exploration of the historic relationship between Australia and India.

Australian Children's Books: 1973-1988
Australian Children's Books: 1973-1988

Author: Marcie Muir

Publisher: Melbourne University

Published: 1992

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13:

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Volume two of a reference work listing all children's books by Australians. Thsi volume covers the period from 1973 to 1988. Entries provide physical descriptions, dates, publishers, illustrations, awards received and, in some cases, remarks on the content. Entries are arrnaged by author. Title and illustrator indexes are included

How They Fought
How They Fought

Author: Ray Kerkhove

Publisher: Boolarong Press

Published:

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1922643645

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The history of Australia’s Frontier Wars is becoming a hot topic for debate and research. It is now part of our national educational syllabus. However, there are very few books available which explain, in detail, the modes of warfare First Australians applied during the Frontier Wars. How They Fought is written as an introductory guidebook. It is broken into chapters covering organisation, strategies, weaponry, and defences. The book considers both traditional practices and technological and tactical adaptations. To make this complex topic more accessible, How They Fought includes numerous tables, figures and diagrams that illustrate and summarize the contents.

Inns and Outs of Fremantle
Inns and Outs of Fremantle

Author: Allen Graham

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2023-09-29

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13:

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There is no town in Western Australia which has a richer history and heritage than Fremantle. Established in 1829 it was where the first colonists to what was then called Swan River Colony first landed. However, the history of Fremantle cannot be told in isolation so any story about Fremantle is also a story about Western Australia and if storekeeping was the first occupation to be followed in the new colony, then hotel keeping was the next. Within six months of the colony being founded Fremantle had four hotels so this book traces the history of those early Fremantle hotels and how they, and the hotels that followed, shaped the culture and appearance of Fremantle today. To know the history of those hotels is to know the history of Fremantle.

The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Tourism
The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Tourism

Author: Jacqueline Z. Wilson

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2017-05-17

Total Pages: 1038

ISBN-13: 1137561351

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This extensive Handbook addresses a range of contemporary issues related to Prison Tourism across the world. It is divided into seven sections: Ethics, Human Rights and Penal Spectatorship; Carceral Retasking, Curation and Commodification of Punishment; Meanings of Prison Life and Representations of Punishment in Tourism Sites; Death and Torture in Prison Museums; Colonialism, Relics of Empire and Prison Museums; Tourism and Operational Prisons; and Visitor Consumption and Experiences of Prison Tourism. The Handbook explores global debates within the field of Prison Tourism inquiry; spanning a diverse range of topics from political imprisonment and persecution in Taiwan to interpretive programming in Alcatraz, and the representation of incarcerated Indigenous peoples to prison graffiti. This Handbook is the first to present a thorough examination of Prison Tourism that is truly global in scope. With contributions from both well-renowned scholars and up-and-coming researchers in the field, from a wide variety of disciplines, the Handbook comprises an international collection at the cutting edge of Prison Tourism studies. Students and teachers from disciplines ranging from Criminology to Cultural Studies will find the text invaluable as the definitive work in the field of Prison Tourism.

Australian Books in Print 1994
Australian Books in Print 1994

Author: Thorpe, D. W., Staff

Publisher:

Published: 1994-04

Total Pages: 1296

ISBN-13: 9781875589364

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This unique reference provides detailed bibliographic information on over 60,000 in-print books published in or about Australia or written by Australian authors. There are also details on the more than 3,000 publishers & distributors whose titles are represented, as well as information on all trade associations, literary awards, & more.