UID:
almafu_9960117976702883
Umfang:
1 online resource (viii, 587 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-139-01308-4
Serie:
Cambridge library collection. History
Inhalt:
Sir Timothy Coghlan (1855-1926) was the statistician for New South Wales from 1886. He produced the world's first example of national financial accounts, 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 a New South Wales government agent in London, remaining there for the rest of his life. First published in 1918, this is Coghlan's very personal history of Australia, embracing materials, population growth, trade and land. Population growth and its importance for economic prosperity interested Coghlan. In Volume 1, he emphasizes the initial difficulties presented to economic growth by a population consisting mostly of convicts. With many statistical data, he also explores early immigration, trade, land distribution and attempts at agriculture.
Anmerkung:
Also issued in print: 2011.
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Originally published: London: Oxford University Press, 1918.
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 1-108-03067-X
Sprache:
Englisch
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