Title: Peripheral visions : essays on Australian regional and local history /
Authors: Dalton, B. J. 1924-
Publisher: Dept. of History and Politics, James Cook University,
Year: 1991
Subjects: Queensland History, Local.; Northern Territory History, Local.
Contents: A dynamic of local history -- The Darling Downs: changing patterns and altered perspectives, 1920-1989 -- Regional history in its National and International context: some reflections and questions -- Establishing the early history of Townsville: problems of methodology and analysis -- Queensland Municipal and Shire Histories in the context of crucial developments in the state's local government system -- Omnium Gatherum: a naturalists' tradition in tropical Queensland -- Intercolonial and international dimensions of developments in telecommunications in North Australia, 1860-1902 -- Plants, forests and wealth: vegetation conservation in Queensland, 1870-1900 -- Entertainment in Townsville -- Directing and deflecting development by railway: Mount Garnett contrasted with O.K. -- Bowen Downs 1862-72: a case study in pastoral settlement -- A duly qualified medical practitioner: health services in the Northern Territory, 1911-1939.