A History of Australia

Mark Peel, Christina Twomey

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN: 9781137605481
• eBook ISBN: 9781137605511
• Edition: 2
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Australian & Oceanian History
• Index: History

This vivid, multi-dimensional history considers the key cultural, social, political and economic events of Australia's history. Deftly weaving these issues into the wider global context, Mark Peel and Christina Twomey provide an engaging overview of the country's past, from its first Indigenous people, to the great migrations of recent centuries, and to those living within the more anxiously controlled borders of the present day. This engaging textbook is an ideal resource for undergraduate students and postgraduate students taking modules or courses on the History of Australia. It will also appeal to general readers who are interested in obtaining a thorough overview of the entire history of Australia, from the earliest times to the present, in one concise volume.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• List of Illustrations
• List of Maps, Tables and Figures
• Acknowledgements
• Preface to the Second Edition
• Introduction
• 1 First People
• 2 The Great South Land: 1500–1800
• 3 Britain’s Prison: Convicts, Settlers and Indigenous People, 1788–1802
• 4 Free and Unfree: Reforming New South Wales, 1803–29
• 5 New Australias: 1829–49
• 6 The Golden Lands: 1850–68
• 7 At the Forefront of the Race: 1868–88
• 8 A Truly New World: 1888–1901
• 9 A Protective Nation: 1901–14
• 10 A Nation at War: 1914–18
• 11 A Nation Divided: 1919–39
• 12 Defending Australia: 1939–49
• 13 Security: 1949–63
• 14 Dissent and Social Change: 1964–79
• 15 Global Nation: 1980–2017
• Notes
• Further Reading
• Index