The Shortest History of Australia, 9781760643591
Hardcover
Australia’s story: familiar yet surprising, reframing past to see the present.

The Shortest History of Australia

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  • Hardcover

    304 pages

  • Release Date

    3 November 2025

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Summary

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 indepen…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781760643591
ISBN-10:1760643599
Author:Mark McKenna
Publisher:Black Inc.
Imprint:Black Inc.
Format:Hardcover
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:3 November 2025
Weight:556g
Dimensions:217mm x 147mm x 26mm
About The Author

Mark McKenna

Mark McKenna is one of Australia’s leading historians, based at the University of Sydney. He is the author of several prize-winning books, including From the Edge- Australia’s Lost Histories, Looking for Blackfellas’ Point, Return to Uluru and An Eye for Eternity- The Life of Manning Clark, which won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for nonfiction and the Victorian, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australian premiers’ awards.

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