Non-Britishers in Australia. Influence on Population and Progress. A Hitherto Unwritten Page in the History of Australia.
by Lyng, J
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Ashmore, Queensland, Australia
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About This Item
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1927. 242pp, appendix, graphs. Or brown cloth in jacket. Jacket with several white spots to front, page edges foxed, minor offset toning to endpapers, bookseller label on front pastedown. Awarded the Harbison-Higinbotham Scholarship for 1927. The first edition is scarce and rarely seen with its dust-jacket. A breezy record of the coming to Australia of Germans, Scandinavians, Italians, Jews, and other non-British people "right down to the lowly South Sea Islanders"; what caused them to come here, and, in some cases, to disappear again; their contribution to the development of the Commonwealth and the role they are likely to play in the future. University of Melbourne Publications No. 10.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Lawrence Jones
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 048579
- Title
- Non-Britishers in Australia. Influence on Population and Progress. A Hitherto Unwritten Page in the History of Australia.
- Author
- Lyng, J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Press
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1927
- Keywords
- Australia Immigrant Minority Asian Pacific Islander European Population German Scandinavian Italian Jew Jewish
- Bookseller catalogs
- Australiana; HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand; History, Culture; Anthropology, Sociology, Ethnology;
- Size
- 8vo
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About the Seller
Lawrence Jones
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Ashmore, Queensland
About Lawrence Jones
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