Old Australia : the people, the pastimes and the pioneering spirit / [compiled by Barrie Sheppard].

By: Sheppard, Barrie, 1939-Contributor(s): Sheppard, Barrie, 1939-Material type: TextTextSeries: Australian historyPublication details: Scoresby, Vic. : Five Mile Press, 2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 218 p. : ill., ports. ; 22 X 29 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781742113487 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Travel | Australians | Country life -- Australia -- Pictorial works | Frontier and pioneer life -- Australia -- Pictorial works | Australians | Manners and customs | Australians -- Pictorial works | Australia -- Description and travel | Australia -- Social life and customs | Australia -- History -- Pictorial works | Australia -- Pictorial works | Australia | Australia -- Description and travel -- Pictorial works | Australia -- Social life and customs -- Pictorial worksGenre/Form: Pictorial works. DDC classification: 994
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Table of contents includes: Sydney town -- Gold fever -- Marvellous Melbourne -- Working life -- Country life -- Making tracks -- Sport and recreation -- Family life.
Summary: The pioneering spirit of the last 150 years is celebrated in the pages of this book. The stunning architecture of marvellous Melbourne, built on the bountiful riches of the goldfields. The toil of a working life on the land, where transport is by horse and bicycle and boat and your bush hut has a floor of dried mud.
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Table of contents includes: Sydney town -- Gold fever -- Marvellous Melbourne -- Working life -- Country life -- Making tracks -- Sport and recreation -- Family life.

The pioneering spirit of the last 150 years is celebrated in the pages of this book. The stunning architecture of marvellous Melbourne, built on the bountiful riches of the goldfields. The toil of a working life on the land, where transport is by horse and bicycle and boat and your bush hut has a floor of dried mud.

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