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The Land Boomers: The Complete Illustrated History
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The Land Boomers: The Complete Illustrated History Paperback - 1995

by Michael Cannon

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From the publisher

The extraordinary study of boomtime Australia by Michael Cannon, now profusely illustrated with contemporary, photographs, cartoons and etchings. Boom or bust? What was the truth of the great land booms that swept Australia in the 1880s and 1890s? How was it that some speculators amassed prodigious fortunes, while others went so spectacularly broke? Seventy years after the events, historian Michael Cannon began sifting through thousands of records and documents, long since filed and forgotten. He pieced together an incredible trail of corruption and roguery, rarely if ever equalled in any parliamentary democracy. When the bare bones of this expos were first published in 1966, it caused an immediate sensation as the forebears of many well-known families were involved. Never before had any Australian historian been able to document such unbridled greed and over-riding ambition. Extended and revised, The Land Boomers is generously illustrated with cartoons, photographs and etchings of the time, and includes an introduction by the author on how he came to research and write the book.

Details

  • Title The Land Boomers: The Complete Illustrated History
  • Author Michael Cannon
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Second Edition
  • Pages 420
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Melbourne University, Carlton VIC
  • Publication date May 1, 1995
  • ISBN 9780522846638 / 0522846637
  • Weight 1.65 lbs (0.75 kg)
  • Dimensions 10 x 7.2 x 1.15 in (25.40 x 18.29 x 2.92 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Australian
    • Cultural Region: Oceania
  • Category Business / Economics / Finance
  • Dewey Decimal Code 330.994

About the author

Michael Cannon spent nearly twenty years working as a journalist and editor in Melbourne, Sydney and London. After the success of the first edition of The Land Boomers, he produced a steady stream of popular books on many aspects of Australian history.

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