| ISBN |
9780642279262 (paperback) |
| Author |
Spearritt, Peter, 1949 - (author.) |
| Title |
Where history happened : the hidden past of Australia's towns and places / Peter Spearritt. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Canberra, ACT : NLA Publishing, [2018] |
| ©2018 |
| Description |
231 pages : illustrations (some colour), facsimiles, maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 226) and index. |
| Summary |
Where History Happened reveals the hidden past of some of Australia's most intriguing towns and places, from mining settlements and remote caves to monuments and historic houses in our capital cities. The stories that emerge, of remote religious communities, isolated penal colonies, places of Indigenous incarceration and environmental degradation and rejuvenation, describe a vast and complex country, with a heritage worth preserving. The book contains beautiful images from the collections of the National Library of Australia, including works by renowned photographers Frank Hurley, Wolfgang Sievers and Peter Dombrovskis, colonial watercolours and sketches, newspaper cartoons, early black-and-white photographs and bold, colourful tourism posters from the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. |
| Subjects |
Heritage tourism -- Australia |
| Historic sites -- Australia |
| Travel & holiday (Australia) |
| Australia -- History, Local |
| Australia -- Description and travel |
| Call number |
2018.389 |
