The Petrie Family: Building Colonial Brisbane
- ISBN-10
- 0702223468
- ISBN-13
- 9780702223464
- Category
- Brisbane (Qld.)
- Pages
- 210
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Queensland Press(Australia)
- Authors
- Denis Cryle, Dimity Dornan
Description
History of a well-known Brisbane family which describes the changing social and material conditions of colonial Brisbane from the convict period to the depression of 1893. This is the first book by Dimity Doornan. Her co-author, Denis Cryle, is a lecturer in history and media studies at the University of Central Queensland and has written several histories. Companion volume to TTom Petrie: Reminiscences of early Queensland'. Includes notes, family tree outlines and an index.
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