Upton, Sydney
Australia's Empty Spaces
Australia's Empty Spaces
London: G. Allen & Unwin, 1938. First Edition. Large octavo in pale green sepia photo illus jacket; 3 preliminary leaves, 9-288 pages frontispiece, plates, portrait 22 cm., bib. notes and index. About near fine (very tight and clean) in an about very good(-) price-clipped edge-rubbed jacket with small chip to spine heard & foot; in archival mylar. Hardcover.
Geography; travel & exploration. Géographie physique -- Australie. Race relations - Racism - Stereotyping. Demography - Census data. Physical geography. Population. Travel. Geographic: Australia -- Description and travel. Australia -- Population. Australie -- Descriptions et voyages. Australie -- Population. Sydney (NSW SI56-05) Australia.¶ Pages 30-31: brief mention of Aboriginal statistics; p. 31 Aborigines as irrelevant and dying out; p. 163 mentioned only as irrelevant