Tin mosques and ghantowns : a history of Afghan cameldrivers in Australia / Christine Stevens.

By: Stevens, Christine, 1946-Material type: TextTextPublication details: Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1989Description: xii, 372 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, ports. ; 27 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0195549767Other title: Tin mosques and ghantownsSubject(s): Settlement and contacts - Afghans | Animals - Mammals - Camels | Race relations - Racism - Stereotyping | Transportation -- Australia -- History | Cameleers -- Australia | Cameleers -- Australia -- History | Pushtuns -- Australia -- History | Afghans -- Australia | Camels -- Australia -- History | Afghans -- Australia -- History | Camels -- Australia | Afghans | Camels | Ethnic relations | Kamelzucht | Geschichte | Australia | Australien | Australia | Paschtunen | Australia -- Ethnic relations | Central Australia | History | Camels | Immigrants | Afghanistan | Australia Immigrants, historyGenre/Form: History. DDC classification: 994.00491593 LOC classification: DU122.P87 | S74 1989Other classification: 15.95 | 73.45
Contents:
Includes index.
Abstract: The book covers 130 years of Australian history and tells how camels came to Australia, the part they played in inland exploration and development and also the story of the men who accompanied them.
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Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 357-363.

Includes index.

The book covers 130 years of Australian history and tells how camels came to Australia, the part they played in inland exploration and development and also the story of the men who accompanied them.

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