Far Country

A Short History of the Northern Territory

By: Alan Powell

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Paperback | 5 July 2024 | Edition Number 3

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A readable and comprehensive history of the unique region of the Northern Territory by its leading historian.

This is a full and revealing account of the perilous and adventurous course of the Northern Territory; a comprehensive account of its history which debunks the myths and makes human both the high and low points.

During the second half of this century writers, journalists and the tourist trade have promoted the image of the Territory as Australia's last frontier. To many Australians who live south of the Tropic of Capricorn the far north is still outside the real Australia. Until recently it was an area largely neglected by Australian historians who concentrated their work on the south-east corner of the continent. Alan Powell's work was one of the first to help redress that balance.

The Northern Territory is a wondrous place of bizarre natural history and eccentric personalities; of great unrest and great triumph. Far Country presents the place and its story with skill and simplicity.

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Non-Fiction History General & World History Regional & National History Australasian & Pacific History Earliest Times to Present Day Modern History from 1700 to 1900

Prefatory Note to the Second Edition
Preface
The Land and Those who belonged to it	p. 1
The Forces of Change	p. 20
The British come and go	p. 38
Australian Expansionism	p. 59
Dream's End	p. 79
Civilizers, Celestials and Savages	p. 100
The Coming of the Commonwealth	p. 122
Hope Deferred and Hope Renewed	p. 144
War in the North	p. 166
Moving	p. 189
Notes	p. 215
Select Bibliography	p. 240
Index	p. 258
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