The culmination of a life's work as Australia's statistician, Coghlan's history, published in 1918, embraces trade, population growth and land.

Author's copy. Printed, with MS. corrections and annotations by the author. Handwriting identical with that in a letter from West to Edward Wise, 5 June 1864 in ML MSS. 1327/3 ...

Contains numerous references to Aborigines; conflict with early settlers.

The first volume of a unique history of Australia where people are always centre stage, from bestselling author Thomas Keneally who brings to life the vast range of characters ...