Business development in colonial Australia

Australian Economic History Review

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 16-41

  Ville, Simon ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33745861896     PISSN: 00048992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8446.00023     Document Type: Article

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