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1850: a very good year in the Colony of South Australia

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Media: BOOK - hardcover with dustjacket, 140 pages
Author: R. Smith
Year: 1973
Other: Illustrated
Publisher: Shakespeare Head Preee

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The infant Colony of South Australia underwent many dramatic changes in the year 1850. This book gives a running account, month by month, of both the major and minor happenings throughout the year. Issues such as:

* Discovery of gold
* Railway proposals
* Hotel licences
* Trouble.' with the Aborigines
* River Murray steamers
* Arsonist at work
* Immigration
* Royal Visit
* Education
* Disastrous race meeting
* Striae by water carriers
* Australian Colonies Government Bill
* Local scandals
* Public unrest

The author invites us to step back into time and experience the everyday joys, sorrows, aspirations and frustrations of the Adelaide resident of 1850.
It is a look at history from a very different angle.

CONTENTS
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
And Afterwards
Index

 

 

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