Bibliograph

Great Central State, the foundation of the Northern Territory, Jack Cross

Type

Label

Great Central State, the foundation of the Northern Territory, Jack Cross

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes biblographical references and index

Illustrations

portraitsillustrationsmapsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Great Central State

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

656833095

Responsibility statement

Jack Cross

Sub title

the foundation of the Northern Territory

Summary

This book tells the sometimes bizarre story of the founding and precarious existence of the Northern Territory up to its constitution as a separate entity in 1911

Table Of Contents

Ch. 1 The great central state - The dream of the great Asian market -- A confused acquisition -- the Northern Territory plan -- The Wakefield background -- Plan in detail - in Parliament -- An unequal partnership -- Ch. 2 Caesar and his fortune - The banquet -- First Northern Territory Expedition: 1864 -- Relief ships: 1865 -- The winding up -- Retribution -- Ch. 3 The intervention of the partners - The other partners -- The great debate -- The second Northern Territory Expedition: 1868-1869 -- Restitution -- Ch. 4 A second South Australia - Complications -- The Indies Governor -- The Indies Governor in decline -- The 'resulting land imbroglio' -- 'Two main streets and a Chinese Quarter' -- Crisis in law and order -- Law and aborigines -- Ch. 5 Extreme solutions - The discovery of Lochac -- 'That insatiable maelstrom' -- 'The laissez-faire' - let the market decide -- Dutch response - and the misadventures of Captain Cadell -- Plan misfires -- Ch. 6 The Mormon pattern - Santals -- Mennonites -- Japanese -- An alternative Israel -- Ch. 7 Comning of the gauchos - Other colonisers: different stories -- Ralph Milner and the southern route -- Dillon Cox and the Queensland side -- Two Territories -- Ch. 8 Conceading defeat -- Epilogue

Target audience

adult

Classification