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TURNER, HENRY GYLES. - The First Decade of the Australian Commonwealth. A Chronicle of Contemporary Politics 1901 - 1910.

Title: The First Decade of the Australian Commonwealth. A Chronicle of Contemporary Politics 1901 - 1910.
Description: First Edition; 8vo; pp. xvi, 320; index, original blue cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, page edges uncut, a very good copy. Melbourne: Mason, Firth & M'Cutcheon Bank Place, Collins Street; 1911. Henry Gyles Turner (1831-1920), banker, historian and litterateur. With his writings on early Victoria he produced history of outstanding quality and lasting value, based on his personal experience and over half a century of personal observation his other major works on Victorian history being the two volume "A History of the Colony of Victoria From Discovery to its Absorption into the Commonwealth of Australia", and "Our Own Little Rebellion: The Story of the Eureka Stockade"

Keywords: Australian Commonwealth Federation Politics History

Price: AUD 80.00 = appr. US$ 55.35 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 102303