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FIFTY YEARS IN THE MAKING OF AUSTRALIAN HISTORY VOL I

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1892

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Brown linen hard cover with gold lettering on spine. 355 pages, Black end papers. Frontis: Author, Sir Henry Parkes as a young man from an Engraving by H.L.Ladd 1854. 355 pages, + 24 page catalogue of works in general literature. Fold page between 164-165, handwritten list of books given to author by Thomas Carlyle, for recommended reading. Docket found between pages Beals Pty. Ltd., 'To D & P West One Overall $3.30' .

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cwa-org-51-B2009.116

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PARKES, Sir Henry

Keywords

History - Australia

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Statement of significance

Early Australian History

Albany Historical Society Inc

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