Great Southern Land: A New History of AustraliaAustralia is a dynamic multi-cultural society, viewed by many as the world s most desirable place to live. Here Frank Welsh traces Australia s intriguing and varied history to examine how this society emerged, from its ancient Aborigine tribes and earliest British convict settlements to today s modern nation - one that retains strong links with its colonial past but is increasingly independent and diverse.
While full of admiration for Australia, Welsh also exposes national myths and confronts the darker side of its history - oppression of the Aboriginal peoples and the White Australia policy - and places the country in a global context, considering the changing relationship with Britain and its Asian neighbours, as well as more recent alliances with the US.
Original, provocative and entertaining, Great Southern Land provides the most comprehensive one-volume history of this endlessly fascinating nation. |
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... accepted without question ; by 1875 the ninth edition was able to dismiss ' these chronologies , inasmuch as new evidence has changed the aspect of the subject that the quasi - historical schemes of the last century would now hardly be ...
... 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 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 ...
Contents
Introduction | xxxi |
Terra Australis Nondum Cognita | xxxviii |
The Land and the People | xxxviii |
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