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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    March 2012
    May 2011
    ISBN:
    9781139013123
    9781108030724
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139013123
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.63kg, 502 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Historical Geography, History, Australian History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
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    Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Historical Geography, History, Australian History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
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    Sir Timothy Coghlan (1855–1926) was the statistician for New South Wales from 1886, and is regarded as Australia's first 'Mandarin'. His advice was sought by state and federal governments on matters as diverse as tax, public sanitation and infant mortality. In 1905 he took up an appointment as New South Wales government agent in London, remaining there for the rest of his life. First published in 1903, this was one of the first comprehensive histories of Australia, and it benefits greatly from the author's extensive hard statistical data. In contrast to his later Labour and Industry (also reissued in this series), Coghlan and his co-author, T. T. Ewing (1856–1920), discuss the politics behind progress as much as the economics. Charting the country's development from penal colony to urbanised democracy, they conclude with a wealth of statistical data to endorse the assertion that 'the possibilities for Australia's future are tremendous'.

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