Australia: A New History of the Great Southern LandAustralia: 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. Original, provocative, and witty, Australia is the most comprehensive single-volume history of Australia yet published. It makes a strong claim to becoming the standard work on this fascinating and often misunderstood country. Book jacket. |
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Page 99
... accepted ; King George III could be accepted as a paramount chief within traditional laws . What was not accepted , and indeed was vigorously contested , was the British right to expropriate black lands . Ten wars were fought in South ...
... accepted ; King George III could be accepted as a paramount chief within traditional laws . What was not accepted , and indeed was vigorously contested , was the British right to expropriate black lands . Ten wars were fought in South ...
Page 195
... accepted traditions of the rule of law , traditions which could only be asserted in some places and at some times . James Stephen accepted this frankly enough . Attempting to mollify the South Australian Com- mission indignant at the ...
... accepted traditions of the rule of law , traditions which could only be asserted in some places and at some times . James Stephen accepted this frankly enough . Attempting to mollify the South Australian Com- mission indignant at the ...
Page 524
... accepted . Just as , in Britain , the Labour Prime Minister James Calla- ghan was ready to put into effect at least some of the brisk measures later introduced by Margaret Thatcher , a policy energetically pursued by his successor Tony ...
... accepted . Just as , in Britain , the Labour Prime Minister James Calla- ghan was ready to put into effect at least some of the brisk measures later introduced by Margaret Thatcher , a policy energetically pursued by his successor Tony ...
Contents
Introduction | xxxi |
Terra Australis Nondum Cognita | xl |
The Land and the People 13 | xl |
Copyright | |
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