Triumph Of The Nomads: A History Of Ancient Australia (revised edition); The Tyranny Of Distance, How Distance Shaped Australia's History (revised edition); A Land Half Won (3 volume boxed set)
by Blainey, Geoffrey
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- Hardcover
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Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Macmillan, Melbourne 1982 (first published 1975, 1966 & 1980 respectively). 23.0 x 14.0cms, c 938pp in toto, b/w illusts, very good+ hardbacks & dustwrappers in black card box (worn base) Volume I argues that Australia's Indigenous people discovered the land, adapted it and mastered its climates, seasons & reserves. Volume II argues that isolation & distance have influenced Australia's development & will mould its future. Volume III argues that Australia rewarded, bewildered, tricked, tantalised and often defeated its European settlers.
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- THE CROSS Art + Books (AU)
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- Title
- Triumph Of The Nomads: A History Of Ancient Australia (revised edition); The Tyranny Of Distance, How Distance Shaped Australia's History (revised edition); A Land Half Won (3 volume boxed set)
- Author
- Blainey, Geoffrey
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan, Melbourne 1982 (first published 1975, 1966 & 1980 respectively)
- Keywords
- history aborigine aboriginal colonial
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Kings Cross, Sydney, New South Wales
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We stock books about art, design, fashion and history, with a lot of books about Asian, Australian and Pacific arts, crafts, design and cultural history. We have books on women artists, academic analyses and dissident life as well as monographs on Old Masters and avant-garde artists.
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We stock books about art, design, fashion and history, with a lot of books about Asian, Australian and Pacific arts, crafts, design and cultural history. We have books on women artists, academic analyses and dissident life as well as monographs on Old Masters and avant-garde artists.
Our shop is in Sydney's legendary Kings Cross, which provided alternatives to Australia's normalities and suburbia for 80 years. Colloquially known as The Cross, this name signifies Antipodean bohemia, street gangs and a famous red light district.
We buy quality books on the visual arts, architecture & design. We do not sell any children's books, cooking books, novels or self-help books. Five minutes walk from Kings Cross station, we are open between 10 – 6, every day of the week.
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