Kent Town, SA Wakefield Press 2011 First Edition Soft Cover F 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed & marked); pp. xii, 404 (last colophon), with illustrations. A fine copy.

ISBN10: 1862548773, ISBN13: 9781862548770, [publisher: Allkfield Press, South Australia.] Softcover First Edition 403 pages. Illustrated.
[Gympie, QLD, Australia] [Publication Year: 2011]
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ISBN10: 1862548773, ISBN13: 9781862548770, [publisher: Wakefield Press, Kent Town, SA] Softcover First Edition 8vo. original printed paper wraps (a trifle rubbed & marked); pp. xii, 404 (last colophon), with illustrations. A fine copy.
[Castlemaine, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 2011]

ISBN10: 1862548773, ISBN13: 9781862548770, [publisher: Wakefield Press] Softcover Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. This book is in mint condition. Both the pages and the cover are completely intact, without zero sign of previous usage.
[Gloucester, GLOS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 2011]

ISBN10: 1862548773, ISBN13: 9781862548770, [publisher: Wakefield Press, Kent Town] Softcover Paperback. The Northern Territory's first European decades were an extraordinary mixture of grand vision and human folly, peopled with larger-than-life characters.In Great Central State, Jack Cross tells the story of South Australia's ambitious - or foolhardy - plan to become the premier colony of Australia using its own unique experience in planned colonisation, and its bid to develop the north coast as an integral part of South-East Asia. Bitter feuding abounds alongside admirable efficiency, while tales of courage and sacrifice are matched by episodes of sad ignorance and abuse. This is a history strange but true.Great Central State is a result of the most sustained historical research on a South Australian subject since Douglas Pike's Paradise of Dissent published in 1957. In his wry, meticulously researched book, Jack Cross demonstrates that already before 1911 when the Northern Territory was ceded to the Commonwealth, it had a sophisticated history of its own. He looks forward to the day when it will become the seventh Australian state. In Great Central State, Jack Cross tells the story of South Australia's ambitious - or foolhardy - plan to become the premier colony of Australia using its own unique experience in planned colonisation, and its bid to develop the north coast as an integral part of South-East Asia. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW ...
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ISBN10: 1862548773, ISBN13: 9781862548770, [publisher: Wakefield Press, Adelaide SA] Softcover First Edition Very good condition. Ex library copy with external stickers removed. Protective plastic covering. Date due slip on inside. Slight wear to book corners and minor marks on book foredges. The Northern Territory's first European decades were an extraordinary mixture of grand vision and human folly, peopled with larger-than-life characters. In Great Central State, Jack Cross tells the story of South Australia's ambitious - or foolhardy - plan to become the premier colony of Australia using its own unique experience in planned colonisation, and its bid to develop the north coast as an integral part of South-East Asia. Bitter feuding abounds alongside admirable efficiency, while tales of courage and sacrifice are matched by episodes of sad ignorance and abuse. This is a history strange but true. Great Central State is a result of the most sustained historical research on a South Australian subject since Douglas Pike's Paradise of Dissent published in 1957. In his wry, meticulously researched book, Jack Cross demonstrates that already before 1911 when the Northern Territory was ceded to the Commonwealth, it had a sophisticated history of its own. He looks forward to the day when it will become the seventh Australian state. (publisher blurb)
[Bunbury, WA, Australia] [Publication Year: ...
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