This book is the first comprehensive account of how Australia attained the world's highest living standards within a … with the Aboriginal economy at the end of the eighteenth century, Ian McLean argues that Australia's remarkable prosperity …

This book is the first comprehensive account of how Australia attained the world's highest living standards within a … with the Aboriginal economy at the end of the eighteenth century, Ian McLean argues that Australia's remarkable prosperity …, 1890 to 1914.; Figure 6.4 Growth indicators: Argentina, Australia, and Canada, 1890 to 1913.; Tropics, Crops, and …

-transportation and the building of colonial capital -- Chapter 2: Approaches, Sources and Methods -- Chapter 3: Convict Eastern Australia …-wide capitalism/unfree labour connection, and as far as Australia is concerned, constitutes the first full-length study of it … the development of capitalism in Australia and how their active resistance shaped both workplace relations and …

This book considers the role played by co-operative agriculture as a critical economic model which, in Australia … Australia, the story of agricultural co-operation is inseparable from that of the story of Charles Harper. Harper was a self … during the second half of the Victorian era. He was convinced of the successful economic future of Western Australia but also …

the key trends and drivers for innovation and regional advantage in Australia. The book provides a convincing argument …