The Rush to Be Rich : a history of the colony of Victoria, 1883-1889 / Geoffrey Serle
1971, 1st edition. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, price-clipped. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Library stamp in the prelim, but no other library marks throughout the book. Item #436060
Physical description; x, 392 pages illustrations, maps, portraits 25 cm. Contents; Politics -- Economics (Economic sketch ; Class relations and the rise of labour) -- Religion (The churches under stress ; Evangelicals in action) -- Nationality (Crisis in the Pacific and the campaign for federeation, 1883-1887 ; Migrants, native born and Irish Australians) -- The high boom years, 1887-1889. Subjects; Victoria History. Victoria, Australia History. Australia Victoria, 1883-1889.
Price: €21.00