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The Making of Australia tells the story of a nation too large to be reduced to either shame or myth.
Australia did not begin in 1788. The continent was ancient long before British ships entered Sydney Cove, and Indigenous peoples had lived with country, law, memory, and belonging across thousands of generations. Nor was Australia born cleanly as a simple story of heroic settlement. British colonisation brought convicts, empire, disease, frontier violence, land hunger, racial exclusion, and deep failures of recognition.
But Australia was never only a story of guilt.
From ancient country to the early Commonwealth, this book traces how a harsh penal outpost became a democratic nation. It follows the First Fleet, the convict system, early survival at Sydney Cove, the crossing of the Blue Mountains, pastoral expansion, the frontier price, the gold rushes, the rise of settler society, the labour movement, women’s suffrage, the fair go tradition, White Australia, Federation, and the birth of national government.
This is a proud but honest account of Australian history.
It does not deny Indigenous dispossession. It does not excuse White Australia. It does not pretend the frontier was clean. But it also refuses to reduce the country to accusation alone.
Australia was built by Indigenous endurance, convict labour, settler ambition, women’s work, democratic reformers, goldfields diggers, union organisers, public educators, federalists, and ordinary families trying to make a life in a hard continent.
The result was a country marked by contradiction: democratic and exclusionary, fair-minded and fearful, reforming and flawed, practical and unfinished.
Written in a clear, accessible style, The Making of Australia is for readers who want Australian history without the old myths and without fashionable contempt. It is a history for those who believe a mature nation can face the truth without surrendering pride.
Australia was larger than shame.
It was larger than myth.
It was, and remains, a country still learning how to tell the truth about itself.
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. The Making of Australia tells the story of a nation too large to be reduced to either shame or myth.Australia did not begin in 1788. The continent was ancient long before British ships entered Sydney Cove, and Indigenous peoples had lived with country, law, memory, and belonging across thousands of generations. Nor was Australia born cleanly as a simple story of heroic settlement. British colonisation brought convicts, empire, disease, frontier violence, land hunger, racial exclusion, and deep failures of recognition.But Australia was never only a story of guilt.From ancient country to the early Commonwealth, this book traces how a harsh penal outpost became a democratic nation. It follows the First Fleet, the convict system, early survival at Sydney Cove, the crossing of the Blue Mountains, pastoral expansion, the frontier price, the gold rushes, the rise of settler society, the labour movement, women's suffrage, the fair go tradition, White Australia, Federation, and the birth of national government.This is a proud but honest account of Australian history.It does not deny Indigenous dispossession. It does not excuse White Australia. It does not pretend the frontier was clean. But it also refuses to reduce the country to accusation alone.Australia was built by Indigenous endurance, convict labour, settler ambition, women's work, democratic reformers, goldfields diggers, union organisers, public educators, federalists, and ordinary families trying to make a life in a hard continent.The result was a country marked by contradiction: democratic and exclusionary, fair-minded and fearful, reforming and flawed, practical and unfinished.Written in a clear, accessible style, The Making of Australia is for readers who want Australian history without the old myths and without fashionable contempt. It is a history for those who believe a mature nation can face the truth without surrendering pride.Australia was larger than shame.It was larger than myth.It was, and remains, a country still learning how to tell the truth about itself. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798195928735
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Paperback. Etat : new. Paperback. The Making of Australia tells the story of a nation too large to be reduced to either shame or myth.Australia did not begin in 1788. The continent was ancient long before British ships entered Sydney Cove, and Indigenous peoples had lived with country, law, memory, and belonging across thousands of generations. Nor was Australia born cleanly as a simple story of heroic settlement. British colonisation brought convicts, empire, disease, frontier violence, land hunger, racial exclusion, and deep failures of recognition.But Australia was never only a story of guilt.From ancient country to the early Commonwealth, this book traces how a harsh penal outpost became a democratic nation. It follows the First Fleet, the convict system, early survival at Sydney Cove, the crossing of the Blue Mountains, pastoral expansion, the frontier price, the gold rushes, the rise of settler society, the labour movement, women's suffrage, the fair go tradition, White Australia, Federation, and the birth of national government.This is a proud but honest account of Australian history.It does not deny Indigenous dispossession. It does not excuse White Australia. It does not pretend the frontier was clean. But it also refuses to reduce the country to accusation alone.Australia was built by Indigenous endurance, convict labour, settler ambition, women's work, democratic reformers, goldfields diggers, union organisers, public educators, federalists, and ordinary families trying to make a life in a hard continent.The result was a country marked by contradiction: democratic and exclusionary, fair-minded and fearful, reforming and flawed, practical and unfinished.Written in a clear, accessible style, The Making of Australia is for readers who want Australian history without the old myths and without fashionable contempt. It is a history for those who believe a mature nation can face the truth without surrendering pride.Australia was larger than shame.It was larger than myth.It was, and remains, a country still learning how to tell the truth about itself. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. N° de réf. du vendeur 9798195928735
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