Melbourne: The Biography of a CityThe exchange rate for the 600 000 acres of land to become Mebourne, 'negotitated' with local Aboriginal tribes, local Aboriginal people attend auctions of land, accusations of cattle stealing, formation of 'native police', protection of Supreme Court afforded to Aboriginal people, Lonsdale's instructions to establish a village, deterioration of conditions - p. 20-21, use of the Domain prior to European settlement - p. 137. |
Contents
The Village Becomes a City 2 K | 2 |
Pavements of the City | 34 |
Hotels Taverns Inns | 58 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Melbourne: The Biography of a City |
| Author | William Henry Newnham |
| Publisher | F. W. Cheshire, 1956 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Mar 6, 2007 |
| ISBN | 0855721448, 9780855721442 |
| Length | 225 pages |
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