The Oxford Illustrated Dictionary Of Australian History

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: Good
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publisher Place: Melbourne
Publisher Year: 1994
Edition: Reprint

Description: 304 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Good condition. There is some light shelf and reading wear, but still a presentable copy.

Publishers Description: Why were the "Swing" rioters transported to Australia. Where was evidence of the earliest known example of cremation in the world found? Who were the members of the "Three Elevens"? How did the Angry Penguins acquire their name? The answers to these and thousands of other questions can be found in this revised and updated edition of a popular reference book. Now illustrated with a wide range of maps, photographs, and cartoons, the dictionary has entries on the major people, events, places, institutions, ideas, artefacts, and documents that have shaped Australian history from prehistory to the 1990s.

ISBN: 9780195532432