Great Southern Land: A New History of AustraliaFrank Welsh's new history of Australia is the first to be written by a non-Australian, and the first to be based on archival research not only in Australia, but in Britain, the USA, Canada and South Africa. Australian history is clearly placed in a world context, and many previous misconceptions exposed, to form a compelling and enjoyable narrative. Welsh traces the history of the continent from before the arrival of the First Fleet, through the hesitant and haphazard unifying of the continent, and the conflict between the original colonies, through the steady emergence of Australian nationalism at the end of the nineteenth century, the establishment of the White Australia' policy which persisted for so long and which was a key element in, for example, the support which Australia gave to the USA during the Vietnam War, right up to John Howard's controversial premiership. |
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... European nations certainly were . With a much weaker strategic rationale than that of the United States , France was disturbing the other side of the Pacific in south - east Asia . Beginning in 1839 with the dispatch of a secret agent ...
... European nations certainly were . With a much weaker strategic rationale than that of the United States , France was disturbing the other side of the Pacific in south - east Asia . Beginning in 1839 with the dispatch of a secret agent ...
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... European refugees were admitted to Australia . Philip Knightley brilliantly captured the experience awaiting the New Australians : Who were these strange people ? they looked like Europeans and they spoke a European language , but they ...
... European refugees were admitted to Australia . Philip Knightley brilliantly captured the experience awaiting the New Australians : Who were these strange people ? they looked like Europeans and they spoke a European language , but they ...
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... European economic policy forty years on , the CAP was promulgated in January 1962 , just in time to face Britain with a fait accompli . The policy fixed uniformly high prices for European produce , with foreign imports deterred by a ...
... European economic policy forty years on , the CAP was promulgated in January 1962 , just in time to face Britain with a fait accompli . The policy fixed uniformly high prices for European produce , with foreign imports deterred by a ...
Contents
Introduction | xxxi |
Terra Australis Nondum Cognita | xxxviii |
The Land and the People 13 | xxxviii |
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Aboriginal accepted administration Alfred Deakin American appointed attempt Australian colonies Australian government Billy Hughes Botany Bay Brisbane Britain British government Cambridge Canberra Cape Captain Catholic cent century chap Chinese coalition coast Colonial Office Colonial Secretary colonists command Commonwealth constitution continued convicts Curtin Deakin defence developed Diemen's Land Dutch East election emancipists Empire established European Federal force foreign George Gough Whitlam Governor Grey Guinea History Hobart House Hughes immigrants Imperial Indonesia Irish Island Japan Japanese John JRAHS Keating Labor Party later leader Legislative Council Liberal London Lord Macarthur Macquarie majority Malcolm Fraser Melbourne Menzies miles million native Pacific Parliament parliamentary political politicians population Port Phillip Premier Prime Minister Queensland remained responsible government Senate settlement settlers society South Australia South Wales success Sydney Tasmania Territory trade troops United Van Diemen's Land Victoria Vietnam vote Western Australia Whitlam William Zealand