Australians: A short history, 9781760632359
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A vibrant, page-turning history of Australia’s inspiring, contradictory, and surprising people.

Australians: A short history

A Short History

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  • Paperback

    992 pages

  • Release Date

    1 January 2018

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Summary

Australians, Thomas Keneally’s widely acclaimed three-volume history of the Australian people from origins to Vietnam, gave us a robust, vibrant, and page-turning narrative that brought to life the vast range of characters who have formed our national story.

Australians: A Short History brings these three volumes together and reintroduces us to the rich assortment of contradictory, inspiring, and surprising characters who made a young and cocky Australia.

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9781760632359
ISBN-10:176063235X
Author:Thomas Keneally
Publisher:Allen & Unwin
Imprint:Allen & Unwin
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:992
Release Date:1 January 2018
Weight:1.47kg
Dimensions:59mm x 242mm x 205mm
About The Author

Thomas Keneally

Thomas Keneally was born in 1935. He has won the Booker Prize, the Miles Franklin Award, the Los Angeles Book Prize, the Royal Society of Literature Prize, the Scripter Award of the University of Southern California, the Mondello International Prize, and the Helmerich Prize. As well as his many novels, the most recent of which is Crimes of the Father, his numerous works of non-fiction include The Great Shame: The Story of the Irish in the Old World and the New and The Commonwealth of Thieves: The Story of the Founding of Australia. He lives in Sydney with his wife Judy.

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