A Shorter History of Australia - Kindle edition by Geoffrey Blainey.
After a lifetime of research and debate on Australian and international history, Geoffrey Blainey is well-placed to introduce us to the people who have played a part and to guide us through
the events that have created and shaped the Australian identity:
- the mania for spectator sport;
- the suspicion of the tall poppy;
- the rivalries of Catholic and Protestant,
- Sydney and Melbourne,
- new and old homelands;
- the conflicts of war abroad and race at home;
- the importance of technology;
- the recognition of our Aboriginal past and native title;
- the economic booms and busts;
- the successes and failures of the nation.
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For this enlarged edition, Blainey has expanded or rewritten some of the crucial episodes and added new chapters on significant events of recent decades.
The final chapter boldly asks: what made Australia's history so distinctive? He shows two decisive factors weaving in and out, again and again, over 50,000 years.
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Contents
1] When sea was land 3
2] The coming clash 17
3] A poor paradise 25
4] Arabs of the grasslands 39
5] The fading of the yellow flannel 53
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Part Two The Land I Love 69
6] The first gold rushes 71
7] The age of the marvellous 88
8] The war to end war 169
9] What an unlimited future 183
10] A tidal wave from Japan 203
11] A car and a mountain 217
12] Black and green resurrection 243
13] A nation on walkabout 258
14] the Queen and Mr Mabo 271
15] The vast open spaces 284
16] Eyes 111
17] The rise of the sporting hero 122
18] Riding the disaster 133
19] The flush of violet 143
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Part Three From Gallipoli to Uluru 167
20] Sails and anchors 295
21] A short chronicle of Australian history 305
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Further reading 310
Index 314
Copyright
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A Shorter History of Australia
`Part of Blainey's magic is that his words float off the page. Here, too, are the puzzles, oddities and offbeat comparisons of his restless, quirky intelligence, constantly astonished and endlessly engaging.'- John Hirst, the age
After a lifetime of research and debate on Australian and international history, Geoffrey Blainey is well-placed to introduce us to the people who have played a part and to guide us through
the events that have created and shaped the Australian identity:
- the mania for spectator sport;
- the suspicion of the tall poppy;
- the rivalries of Catholic and Protestant,
- Sydney and Melbourne,
- new and old homelands;
- the conflicts of war abroad and race at home;
- the importance of technology;
- the recognition of our Aboriginal past and native title;
- the economic booms and busts;
- the successes and failures of the nation.
---
For this enlarged edition, Blainey has expanded or rewritten some of the crucial episodes and added new chapters on significant events of recent decades.
The final chapter boldly asks: what made Australia's history so distinctive? He shows two decisive factors weaving in and out, again and again, over 50,000 years.
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Contents
1] When sea was land 3
2] The coming clash 17
3] A poor paradise 25
4] Arabs of the grasslands 39
5] The fading of the yellow flannel 53
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Part Two The Land I Love 69
6] The first gold rushes 71
7] The age of the marvellous 88
8] The war to end war 169
9] What an unlimited future 183
10] A tidal wave from Japan 203
11] A car and a mountain 217
12] Black and green resurrection 243
13] A nation on walkabout 258
14] the Queen and Mr Mabo 271
15] The vast open spaces 284
16] Eyes 111
17] The rise of the sporting hero 122
18] Riding the disaster 133
19] The flush of violet 143
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Part Three From Gallipoli to Uluru 167
20] Sails and anchors 295
21] A short chronicle of Australian history 305
---
Further reading 310
Index 314
Copyright
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