Subject Guides: HIST 490/646 Discovery and Colonisation of Australia: Books

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Fulltext collection of original documents and essays about the British Empire

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Subject: Australia Discovery and Exploration

Subject: Oceania Discovery and Exploration

Author: Samson, Jane

Bibliography of British history, 1851-1914
Call Number: DA 530 Z9 H23 1976
Contains 10,829 entries in 15 chapters. Bibliographies arranged chronologically and subsequently by regions and special topics. Good coverage of the British Empire. Also includes an index.
Bibliography of British history, 1914-1989
Call Number: DA 566 Z9 R63 1996
Contains 27, 264 entries in 15 chapters. Bibliographies arranged under broad socio-economic-cultural-historical time periods. Good coverage of the British Empire and the Commonwealth. Also includes an index.

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