02294cam a2200361 a 4500001000800000005001700008008004100025010001700066019004300083020001500126035001700141035001200158040003700170043001200207050002100219082001600240082001700256245015400273246002300427250001300450260007300463300003800536500002300574500002000597504005100617520037700668520070901045651003901754700002801793700003001821700004101851984004001892144172420101006095057.0020124r20011998vrab e 001 0deng  a 20022759061 a22734393z22734393z23257031z22734393 a019551503X 9000022734393 93167883 aDLCbengcDLCdDLCdOrLoB-BdANL au-at---00aDU110b.O93 200104a994.00322100a944/.00322104aThe Oxford companion to Australian history /cedited by Graeme Davison, John Hirst, Stuart Macintyre, with the assistance of Helen Doyle, Kim Torney.30aAustralian history aRev. ed. aSouth Melbourne, Vic. ;aNew York :bOxford University Press,c2001. axx, 722 p. :bcol. maps ;c26 cm. aMaps on endpapers. aIncludes index. aIncludes bibliographical references and index.1 a"The Oxford Companion to Australian History draws on the latest scholarship and covers the people, institutions, and events that have shaped Australian society, politics, and culture. It is edited by three of Australia's finest historians - Graeme Davison, John Hirst, and Stuart Macintyre - and includes contributions from 317 scholars and writers throughout Australia.".8 a"The Companion contains approximately 1600 entries, ranging from essays of up to 2000 words to succinct, factual entries of 100 words. There are entries on politicians, colonisers, visionaries, newspaper barons, industrialists, explorers, writers, artists, and scientists. There are numerous extended essays on key facets of our national life - political, social, cultural, scientific, military, and economic. Readers will find incisive entries on such matters as art, capital punishment, gambling, language, literature, military history, republicanism, and reconciliation. This edition contains new and revised entries to take account of events since the book was first published in 1998."--BOOK JACKET. 0aAustraliaxHistoryvEncyclopedias.1 aDavison, Graeme,d1940-1 aMacintyre, Stuart,d1947-1 aHirst, J. B.q(John Bradley),d1942- aANLcNL 994.003 O98cRF 994.003 O98