A Little History of Australia

by Mark Peel (Author)

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  Paperback
  2006

  $3.40

  Highly readable, often surprising and always enjoyable, A Little History of Australia tells the whole story of this Great Southern Land, from its Aboriginal origins to the present day, including: discovery by European navigators who claimed the land as their own - even though it was already inhabited; the First Fleet, convict settlements, the gold rushes, and turn-of-the-century questions about whether Australia could be a perfect society; the birth-pangs of a federated nation, and the experiences of Australians in the world's wars; and, continuing tension over links with Britain, massive post-war immigration, successes and problems of the twentieth century, and the celebration of a distinctly Australian way of life. It's all here, in one cute, compact and vividly written mini-history.