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Handbooks of the Flora of Papua New Guinea: v. 3
  

Handbooks of the Flora of Papua New Guinea: v. 3 (Hardback, illustrated edition)

Volume editor Conn, Barry J.

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This series brings together information previously published in a variety of scientific journals into a concise and correlated form. This volume documents the rich diversity of Papuian flora, and enables readers to assess the rate of species extinction in the region, develop and ...

ISBN 9780522845822
Published 31 August 1991 by Melbourne University Press
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Canvas Documentaries: Panoramic Entertainments in Nineteenth-century Australia and New Zealand

Canvas Documentaries: Panoramic Entertainments in Nineteenth-century Australia and New Zealand (Hardback)

By Colligan, Mimi

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Moving panorama and diorama pictures came to Australia and New Zealand during the gold rushes of the 1850s and 1860s. This detailed examination of the Australian panorama industry offers insights into largely ignored visual and cultural influences that helped form the colonial ex ...

ISBN 9780522850192
Published 6 October 1998 by Melbourne University Press
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The Great Barrier Reef: Finding the Right Balance

The Great Barrier Reef: Finding the Right Balance (Paperback)

By Lawrence, David; Kenchington, Richard A.; Woodley, Simon

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A discussion of Australia's Great Barrier Reef and the management techniques protecting it. It examines the changing issues challenging the policies for managing this environment, and demonstrates that the integrated management of coastal areas is vital if the Reef is to sustain ...

ISBN 9780522849929
Published 15 September 2002 by Melbourne University Press
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Losing the Blanket: Australia and the End of Britain's Empire

Losing the Blanket: Australia and the End of Britain's Empire (Paperback)

By Goldsworthy, David

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An account of British decolonization and its aftermath. It discusses its implications for Australian policies in the key areas of defence in Southeast Asia, the politics of the Commonwealth, the European Union, Australia's own colonial policy and the bilateral relationship with B ...

ISBN 9780522850284
Published 1 September 1998 by Melbourne University Press
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The Facing Island: A Personal History

The Facing Island: A Personal History (Paperback)

By Bassett, Jan

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This memoir uses letters sent by a young New Zealand soldier to the author's maternal grandmother during World War I as a springboard for her account of her own life. As the author replies to the letters of the soldier, links and parallels begin to emerge between the young man ...

ISBN 9780522850291
Published 6 October 1998 by Melbourne University Press
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Australia's First Rotary Club: A History of the Rotary Club of Melbourne

Australia's First Rotary Club: A History of the Rotary Club of Melbourne (Hardback)

By Parnaby, Owen

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A history of the Rotary Club of Melbourne, which was the first rotary club in Australia. Since its inaugural luncheon on 21 April 1921, the club has had an outstanding record of philanthropic endeavour and charity work, as well as service to the cause of Rotary on the internation ...

ISBN 9780522850314
Published 1 September 1998 by Melbourne University Press
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A Merciful Journey: Recollections of a World War II Patrol Boat Man

A Merciful Journey: Recollections of a World War II Patrol Boat Man (Hardback)

By Hordern, Marsden

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A memoir of a young man's coming of age in wartime. This work presents an account of his childhood growing up in Sydney through his years serving in the Royal Australian Navy from 1942 to 1947. It details his rise from a callow sublieutenant to a lieutenant in command of his own ...

ISBN 9780522851656
Published 1 April 2005 by Melbourne University Press
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Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy

Colonial Ambition: Foundations of Australian Democracy (Paperback)

By Cochrane, Peter

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Colonial ambition tells the story of the politicians and would be politicians of Sydney who were driven by a determination to push themselves and their new colony to a higher level.

ISBN 9780522853315
Published 1 December 2006 by Melbourne University Press
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