Australian Studies

Australian Studies
Author: G. E. Gorman
Publisher: Burns & Oates
Total Pages: 368
Release: 1992
Genre: History
ISBN:

This is a single-volume guide to acquisition and collection development in the field of Australian studies. This book contains 18 contributions by Australianists and librarians. It looks at the nature and growth of Australian studies; surveys Australian publishing from historical and practitioner standpoints; and examines the acquisition of Australiana through a series of theme papers which focus on some of the world's greatest collections.

Antipodes

Antipodes
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 368
Release: 1990
Genre: Australian literature
ISBN:

Directory of Resources for Australian Studies in North America

Directory of Resources for Australian Studies in North America
Author: Nan Bowman Albinski
Publisher: Monash Asia Institute
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1992
Genre: History
ISBN:

Catalogue of Australiana library and museum holdings of more than 200 North American repositories. They include material objects, such as Aboriginal art and artefacts, unpublished manuscripts, lists of paintings by Australian artists of European origin, and book collections. The materials are a record of a long-established exchange of people and ideas across the Pacific, and are relevant to a wide range of subject fields within Australian studies. Includes a repository index of personal names cited in entries.

Annual Report

Annual Report
Author: Pennsylvania State University. Australia-New Zealand Studies Center
Publisher:
Total Pages: 36
Release: 1994
Genre: Australia
ISBN:

The Indian and Pacific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768–1820, Volume 4

The Indian and Pacific Correspondence of Sir Joseph Banks, 1768–1820, Volume 4
Author: Neil Chambers
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 717
Release: 2021-11-18
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000558487

Following his participation in James Cook's circumnavigation in HMS Endeavour (1768-71), Joseph Banks developed an extensive global network of scientists and explorers. His correspondence shows how he developed effective working links with the British Admiralty and with the generation of naval officers who sailed after Cook.