Australia: A New History of the Great Southern Land"Australia: A New History of the Great Southern Land is a major new account that places Australia's history fully within a global context, drawing on sources from the United States, Britain, South Africa, and Canada, as well as within Australia itself." "In a compelling narrative, acclaimed historian Frank Welsh traces the history of the land from scattered convict settlements to the formation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901 and on to today's thriving independent nation, exposing many national myths in the process. This book also explores the dark side of Australia's history: the long-continued "White Australia" policy, which bedeviled foreign policy for more than a century; the still-tortured official relationship with the Aboriginal peoples; the subordination of women; and the flaws in the constitution. Also examined is Australia's uneasy relationship with its Asian neighbors, and its isolation from Britain and the United States, its traditional allies."--BOOK JACKET. |
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... George Howe , a ticket - of - leave convict , published the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser in 1803 - and a theatre , where the first performance , of George Farquhar's The Recruiting Officer , was given in 1796 , with a ...
... George Howe , a ticket - of - leave convict , published the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser in 1803 - and a theatre , where the first performance , of George Farquhar's The Recruiting Officer , was given in 1796 , with a ...
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... George was the coming man , later that year to succeed to the prime ministership . Lloyd George and Billy Hughes were an uncomfortably similar pair . Born within a few months of each other , schooled in Welsh Wales although neither was ...
... George was the coming man , later that year to succeed to the prime ministership . Lloyd George and Billy Hughes were an uncomfortably similar pair . Born within a few months of each other , schooled in Welsh Wales although neither was ...
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... George , Bishop of North Qld 487 Frost , John 49-50 Froude , J. A. 283 Fry , Elizabeth 121 Fry , Revd Henry 120 Fulton , Henry 52 , 71 Furlonger , Robert 510 Furphy , Joseph 316 Fusion Liberal party 354 Fyans , Lieutenant 68 Fysh ...
... George , Bishop of North Qld 487 Frost , John 49-50 Froude , J. A. 283 Fry , Elizabeth 121 Fry , Revd Henry 120 Fulton , Henry 52 , 71 Furlonger , Robert 510 Furphy , Joseph 316 Fusion Liberal party 354 Fyans , Lieutenant 68 Fysh ...
Contents
Introduction | xxxi |
Terra Australis Nondum Cognita | xl |
The Land and the People 13 | xl |
Copyright | |
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