What If? by Sean Scalmer - ISBN: 9780522851748
Paperback
Australia’s history reimagined: explore pivotal moments and alternate realities.

What If?

Australian History As It Might Have Been

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  • Paperback

    336 pages

  • Release Date

    1 July 2006

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Summary

What if key episodes in Australia’s past had turned out differently?

  • What if France had colonised part of Australia in the eighteenth century?
  • What if the ANZACS had played only a minor role in the Gallipoli landing in World War I?
  • What if Gough Whitlam’s Labor government had been re-elected after its dismissal in 1975?
  • What if Aborigines had been granted citizenship much earlier?

What new paths might our national history have followed? …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780522851748
ISBN-10:0522851746
Author:Sean Scalmer, Stuart Mcintyre
Publisher:Melbourne University Press
Imprint:Melbourne University Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:336
Edition:1st
Release Date:1 July 2006
Weight:404g
Dimensions:234mm x 156mm x 29mm
About The Author

Sean Scalmer

Stuart Macintyre is the Ernest Scott Professor of History at the University of Melbourne. His recent books include (with Anna Clark), The History Wars (Melbourne University Press, 2004), and (with Joe Isaac) The New Province for Law and Order- 100 Years of Australian Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration.

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