Unlocking the Land: The Saga of Farming in Australia.
by Bromby, Robin
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- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 085091356X
- ISBN 13
- 9780850913569
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Melbourne: Lothian Publishing, 1989. New ed.. Paperback trade, very good condition, black & white photos, spine little faded, light toning inside covers, light foxing edges, minor edgewear corner tips covers. 168 pp. Robin Bromby provides a history of farming in Australia since white settlement. The difficulties faced by the early settlers in a hot, dry and often infertile land are described. Droughts, shearer's strikes, and campaigns to keep the Kanakas in the cane fields are all recorded. New edition.
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 29392
- Title
- Unlocking the Land: The Saga of Farming in Australia.
- Author
- Bromby, Robin
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- New ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 085091356X
- ISBN 13
- 9780850913569
- Publisher
- Lothian Publishing
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1989
- Keywords
- australian history, rural, agriculture, farming
- Bookseller catalogs
- RURAL & FARMING;
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