The Making of Australia
From the author of 1788, The Gold Rush and The Great Race
$26.68
- Paperback
512 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2015
Summary
This is the story of how a struggling convict settlement grew into six dynamic colonies and then the remarkable nation of Australia. Told through the key figures who helped build it into the thriving nation it is today, David Hill once again offers up Australian history at its most entertaining and accessible.
In his latest book, David Hill traces the story of our nation from its European beginnings to Federation. When James Cook landed on the east coast of Australia, the rest of the …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781742757674 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1742757677 |
| Author: | David Hill |
| Publisher: | Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Random House Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2015 |
| Weight: | 414g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 127mm x 32mm |
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About The Author
David Hill
David Hill’s career includes roles as chairman then managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation; chairman of the Australian Football Association; chief executive of the State Rail Authority; chairman of Sydney Water Corporation; and chairman of CREATE (an organisation representing Australian children in institutional care). He has also held executive appointments in sport, transport, broadcasting, fiscal management and city parks. In 2006 he was awarded a Diploma of Arts with merit in classical archaeology from Sydney University. He is an honorary associate at the Sydney University departments of archaeology, classics and ancient history, and a visiting fellow at the University of New South Wales. Since 2011 he has managed an archaeological study of the ancient Greek city of Troizen. He has for many years been a leading figure in the international campaign to have the Parthenon sculptures returned from the British Museum to Greece.
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