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Tin mosques & ghantowns : a history of Afghan cameldrivers in Australia

Title
Tin mosques & ghantowns : a history of Afghan cameldrivers in Australia / Christine Stevens.
Author
Stevens, Christine, 1946-
Publication
Melbourne ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.

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Description
xii, 372 pages : illustrations (some color); 27 cm
Summary
The book covers 130 years of Australian history and tells how camels came to Australia, the part they played in inland exploration and development and also the story of the men who accompanied them.
Alternative Title
Tin mosques and ghantowns
Subject
  • Afghans > Australia > History
  • Camels > Australia > History
  • Afghans
  • Camels
  • Ethnic relations
  • Kamelzucht
  • Geschichte
  • Australia > Ethnic relations
  • Australia
  • Australien
  • Paschtunen
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 343-363) and index.
ISBN
  • 0195549767
  • 9780195549768
LCCN
90151753
OCLC
  • ocm21793795
  • 21793795
  • SCSB-9606144
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library