McGregor, Russell (2013) Review of "Great Central State: the foundation of the Northern Territory" by Jack Cross, Wakefield Press, Adelaide, South Australia. History Australia, 10 (2). pp. 264-266.

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Abstract

[Extract] Jack Cross tells the story of the Northern Territory under South Australian administration, from 1863 to 1911. With barely a glance backward at British attempts to found settlements on the northern coast in the 1820s and 1830s, or forward to the period under Commonwealth control after 1911, he details the distinctively South Australian style of colonisation and how it fared in these northern lands. From the outset, the South Australian administrators attempted to develop the Territory along the Wakefieldian lines of systematic colonisation which had guided the foundation of their own province. In the north, it stumbled.

Item ID:	28833
Item Type:	Article (Book Review)
ISSN:	1833-4881
Keywords:	South Australia, Northern Territory
Additional Information:	Alternate Title: South Australia's Northern Territory
Date Deposited:	19 Aug 2013 23:10
FoR Codes:	21 HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY > 2103 Historical Studies > 210303 Australian History (excl Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) @ 100%
SEO Codes:	95 CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING > 9505 Understanding Past Societies > 950503 Understanding Australias Past @ 100%
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