The Golden Age: A History of the Colony of Victoria 1851-1861
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Golden Age: A History of the Colony of Victoria 1851-1861
By (Author) Geoffrey Serle
Melbourne University Press
Melbourne University Press
30th November 1991
Australia
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
994.5031
Physical Properties
Paperback
488
Width 154mm, Height 229mm, Spine 32mm
718g
Description
Outstanding account of a decade whose highlights included separation from New South Wales and the Eureka Stockade. An outstanding account of a decade whose highlights included separation from New South Wales, the gold rushes, the Eureka Stockade, the establishment of parliamentary government, and the attempts to 'unlock the land'.
Author Bio
Geoffrey Serle is one of Australia's most distinguished historians. He was Victorian Rhodes Scholar in 1947 and completed his doctorate at Oxford in 1950. After teaching in the History Department at the University of Melbourne and editing Historical Studies from 1955 to 1963, Dr Serle became Reader in History at Monash University and later Professorial Fellow at the Australian National University where he was co-General Editor of volumes 7-10 and General Editor of volume 11 of the Australian Dictionary of Biography. Among his published works are The Rush to be Rich, John Monash and Robin Boyd.
