Shortest History of Australia

The history of Australia has been written before - but not like this.In The Shortest History of Australia, Mark McKenna offers a compelling new version of our national story. This is a modern Australia permeated by First Nations history; a multicultural society with an island mindset; a continent of epic beauty and extreme natural events; a country obsessed by war abroad but blind to its founding war at home; and a thriving nation-state still to realise its political independence.McKennas wise and humane history reveals the surprising in the familiar, and reframes the past so we can see the present more clearly.Remarkable ... a deeply humane account of who we are and how we came to be Larissa BehrendtA deeply imaginative, beautifully written and individual book Robert ManneOriginal, eloquent and moving a revelatory journey into the past we thought we knew Tom Griffiths