A History of Queensland

by Raymond Evans

• ISBN13: 9780521876926
• ISBN10: 0521876923
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-09-17
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

A History of Queensland is the first single volume analysis of Queensland's past, stretching from the time of earliest human habitation up to the present. It encompasses pre-contact Aboriginal history, the years of convictism, free settlement and subsequent urban and rural growth. It takes the reader through the tumultuous frontier and Federation years, the World Wars, the Cold War, the controversial Bjelke-Petersen era and on, beyond the beginning of the new Millennium. It reveals Queensland as a sprawling, harsh, diverse and conflictual place, where the struggles of race, ethnicity, class, generation and gender have been particularly pronounced, and political and environmental encounters have remained intense. It is a colourful, surprising and at times disturbing saga, a perplexing and diverting mixture of ferocity, endurance and optimism.

Author Biography

Raymond Evans is Adjunct Professor with the Centre for Public Culture and Ideas, School of Arts, Media and Culture at Griffith University, and Honorary Reader with the Australian Studies Centre and the School of History, Philosophy, Religion and Classics at the University of Queensland.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Millennia

Confinement, 1820-1840

Blueprint, 1841-1859

Consolidation, 1860-1879

Statehood, 1880-1905

Battle, 1906-1939

Crucible, 1940-1967

Hubris, 1968-1989

Aftermath, 1990-2005

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