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The Shortest History of Australia
About this book
The history of Australia has been written before – but not like this.
In The Shortest History of Australia, Mark McKenna offers a compelling new version of our national story. This is a modern Australia permeated by First Nations history; a multicultural society with an island mindset; a continent of epic beauty and extreme natural events; a country obsessed by war abroad but blind to its founding war at home; and a thriving nation-state still to realise its political independence.
McKenna's wise and humane history reveals the surprising in the familiar, and reframes the past so we can see the present more clearly.
'Remarkable... a deeply humane account of who we are and how we came to be' — Larissa Behrendt
'A deeply imaginative, beautifully written and individual book' –– Robert Manne
'Original, eloquent and moving – a revelatory journey into the past we thought we knew' –– Tom Griffiths
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1. The Founding Lie
- 2. From Ubirr
- 3. The Island Dilemma
- 4. Taking the Land
- 5. War and Memory
- 6. Fire and Water
- 7. Fault Lines
- 8. Homelands
- 9. Facing North
- 10. ‘The Big Picture’
- Epilogue: Modernity and Antiquity
- Author’s Note
- Image Credits
- Notes
- Index
- Back Cover