Queensland: Daughter Of The Sun; A Record Of A Century Of Responsible Government
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Yellowed
Published to mark a defining milestone in the story of Australia's Sunshine State, Queensland: Daughter of the Sun stands as a magnificent commemorative chronicle of one hundred years of self-governance in one of the continent's most vast and storied regions. Edited by the respected Queensland journalist and historian Clem Lack, this richly compiled volume assembles authoritative accounts of the political, economic, and social forces that shaped Queensland from its separation from New South Wales in 1859 through a full century of responsible government, presenting a panoramic portrait of a state forged by ambition, hardship, and extraordinary natural wealth. The work argues persuasively that Queensland's history is inseparable from its geography — from the cane fields of the tropical north to the pastoral expanses of the outback — and illustrates how successive generations of settlers, legislators, and labourers carved a modern polity from a sunburnt frontier. Lack's editorial hand brings together contributors of considerable standing, lending the text both scholarly rigour and a warm sense of regional pride. As a historical document produced in the very year of its centenary, Queensland: Daughter of the Sun is an irreplaceable primary source for anyone who wishes to understand how one remarkable corner of the southern hemisphere came to be — and what it dared to become.
Author: Clem Lack
Format: Hardback
Published: 1959, Jacaranda Press
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition
Pages: Yellowed
Published to mark a defining milestone in the story of Australia's Sunshine State, Queensland: Daughter of the Sun stands as a magnificent commemorative chronicle of one hundred years of self-governance in one of the continent's most vast and storied regions. Edited by the respected Queensland journalist and historian Clem Lack, this richly compiled volume assembles authoritative accounts of the political, economic, and social forces that shaped Queensland from its separation from New South Wales in 1859 through a full century of responsible government, presenting a panoramic portrait of a state forged by ambition, hardship, and extraordinary natural wealth. The work argues persuasively that Queensland's history is inseparable from its geography — from the cane fields of the tropical north to the pastoral expanses of the outback — and illustrates how successive generations of settlers, legislators, and labourers carved a modern polity from a sunburnt frontier. Lack's editorial hand brings together contributors of considerable standing, lending the text both scholarly rigour and a warm sense of regional pride. As a historical document produced in the very year of its centenary, Queensland: Daughter of the Sun is an irreplaceable primary source for anyone who wishes to understand how one remarkable corner of the southern hemisphere came to be — and what it dared to become.