The Birth of Melbourne
$20.57
- Paperback
416 pages
- Release Date
30 November 2004
Summary
In 1835 John Batman sailed up the Yarra and was astonished by the beauty of the land. It was a temperate Kakadu, teeming with wildlife and with soils rich enough to spawn pastoral empires. With the discovery of gold, the city was transformed almost overnight into ‘marvellous Melbourne’. And yet, as Tim Flannery writes, the price paid was environmental ruin and the tragic loss of societies which had flourished on Port Phillip Bay for millennia.
The Birth of Melbourne includes voices th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781877008894 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1877008893 |
| Author: | Tim Flannery |
| Publisher: | Text Publishing |
| Imprint: | The Text Publishing Company |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 416 |
| Release Date: | 30 November 2004 |
| Weight: | 271g |
| Dimensions: | 200mm x 131mm x 26mm |
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About The Author
Tim Flannery
Tim Flannery is a paleontologist, an explorer, a conservationist, and a leading writer on climate change. His books include the award-winning international bestseller The Weather Makers, and Here on Earth, Atmosphere of Hope, and Europe: The First 100 Million Years, as well as his previous collaboration with his daughter, Emma Flannery, Big Meg.
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