A Short History of Australia

by Manning Clark

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He has been described as "Australia's most famous historian," but his work has been the target of much criticism, particularly from conservative and classical liberal academics and philosophers.

This is not really a novel, more like crib notes for high school ~ useful but not much depth. (

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1963 (First Edition)

1995 (fourth revised edition with addendum by Sebastian Clark)

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George Arthur

Thomas Brisbane

Joseph Benedict Chifley

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Epigraph

Praise life while you walk and wake;

It is only lent.

-- David Campbell,

'The Return of Jason'

Out of the past and the books we must have

learned something

-- Judith Wright, 'Winter'

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For Sebastian and Elizabeth

and in memory of Katy Clark

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The Coming of the Aborigine and the White Man

So far there have been two cultures in Australia -- one Aboriginal and the other European.

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From the landing at Sydney Cove of a shipload of English convicts Manning Clark traces Australia's social, cultural and political growth in this celebrated, lively and very readable account, he portrays the evolution of Australia with remarkable breadth of vision.… (more)