The birth of Melbourne
2007
Book
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 which 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.
Main title:
The birth of Melbourne / edited and introduced by Tim Flannery.
Work:
Imprint:
Melbourne : Text Publishing, 2007, c2002.
Collation:
392 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
First published: 2002.Includes bibliographical references.Bibliography: p. 384-392.
ISBN:
97818770088941877008389187700838997818770083829781877008894
Dewey class:
994.51994.51
LC class:
DU228.3
Language:
English
Related title:
Subject:
BRN:
159532
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Melbourne Library | Local History Reference | LH REF 994.51 BIRT | Not for loan (Set: 14 Oct 2022) |
| North Melbourne Library | Local History Reference | LH REF 994.51 BIRT | Not for loan (Set: 19 Sep 2017) |
| Southbank Library | Local History Non Fiction | LH 994.51 BIRT | Available |