Historical Records Of Victoria V4

Communications, Trade and Transport 1836-1839

Michael Cannon
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Historical Records Of Victoria V4

Subjects

History

Published

31 December 1980

ISBN

9780724183272

Subjects

History

Imprint

Melbourne University Press

Historical Records Of Victoria V4

Communications, Trade and Transport 1836-1839

Michael Cannon
Deals with the establishment and control of communications, shipping, trade and transport during the founding years.
Efficient communications were vital to the rapid development of Port Phillip but had to be created in a virtual wilderness. Volume 4 brings together all official documents which could be located in the important areas of communications, shipping, trade and transport, during the founding years. It contains information on early shipping, charting and Customs activities, Government-controlled immigration schemes (including passenger lists where available) and the growth in control of the liquor trade. Government licensing of the first newspapers, and the organisation of satisfactory postal services are also dealt with.
Efficient communications were vital to the rapid development of Port Phillip but had to be created in a virtual wilderness. Volume 4 brings together all official documents which could be located in the important areas of communications, shipping, trade and transport, during the founding years. It contains information on early shipping, charting and Customs activities, Government-controlled immigration schemes (including passenger lists where available) and the growth in control of the liquor trade. Government licensing of the first newspapers, and the organisation of satisfactory postal services are also dealt with.

Michael Cannon

Michael Cannon

Michael Cannon was the founding editor of Historical Records of Victoria and an award-winning journalist, newspaper editor and historian. He wrote and edited more than thirty books, including bestseller The Land Boomers, which caused a sensation in Australia in the 1960s. In 1969, he edited The Vagabond Papers for Melbourne University Press and in 1970 was awarded a Commonwealth Literary Fellowship. From 1971 to 1998, he published a steady stream of books. His extensive…

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