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The Progress of Australasia in the Nineteenth Century (Paperback)
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The Progress of Australasia in the Nineteenth Century (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
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Sir Timothy Coghlan (1855 1926) was the statistician for New South
Wales from 1886, 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 New South Wales government agent in
London, remaining there for the rest of his life. First published
in 1903, this was one of the first comprehensive histories of
Australia, and it benefits greatly from the author's extensive hard
statistical data. In contrast to his later Labour and Industry
(also reissued in this series), Coghlan and his co-author, T. T.
Ewing (1856 1920), discuss the politics behind progress as much as
the economics. Charting the country's development from penal colony
to urbanised democracy, they conclude with a wealth of statistical
data to endorse the assertion that 'the possibilities for
Australia's future are tremendous'.
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