La Trobe
The Making of a Governor
$54.99
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
17 March 2006
Summary
Charles Joseph La Trobe was Superintendent of the Port Phillip District of New South Wales and Victoria’s first Lieutenant-Governor (1851;54). His administration, which coincided with the turbulent challenges of the Victorian gold rushes, was highly controversial.He departed from office a disappointed man whose contribution to the development of the colony was not immediately recognised. His was a vision of a cultured, economically viable and Christian society, with equality of opportunity fo…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522852356 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522852351 |
| Author: | Dianne Reilly |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 17 March 2006 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 215mm x 146mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Academic Monographs |
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About The Author
Dianne Reilly
Dianne Reilly Drury is La Trobe Librarian at the State Library of Victoria and has worked at both the Bibliotheque Nationale and the Centre Pompidou Library in Paris. A graduate of the University of Melbourne and Monash University, her previous published works include Sun Pictures of Victoria- the Fauchery-Daintree Collection, 1858 with Jennifer Carew (1983), and Charles Joseph La Trobe Landscapes and Sketches (1999). She is currently Secretary of the C J La Trobe Society.
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