The Story of Australia’s People Vol. II
The Rise and Rise of a New Australia
$25.99
- Paperback
496 pages
- Release Date
20 October 2020
Summary
The much-anticipated second instalment of Geoffrey Blainey’s history of Australia’s people - his most ambitious work to date - that completes Australia’s story from the Gold Rush to the present day.
Australia is indeed made up of many peoples, and together their story is one of high drama, courage and resilience. When the first Europeans crossed the world to settle the vast southern continent that became known as Australia, it was almost unknown. Over time it revealed itself to be a l…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761041945 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1761041940 |
| Author: | Geoffrey Blainey |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 496 |
| Release Date: | 20 October 2020 |
| Weight: | 680g |
| Dimensions: | 42mm x 234mm x 154mm |
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About The Author
Geoffrey Blainey
Professor Geoffrey Blainey is one of Australia’s most prolific and popular historians. He has written more than forty books, including The Tyranny of Distance, Triumph of the Nomads, A Shorter History of Australia, The Rush That Never Ended, and the international bestseller A Short History of the World, which was published in a score of lands as far apart as Brazil, India, Spain and China. He has served the federal government as chairman of the Commonwealth Literary Fund, the Australia Council for the Arts, the National Council for the Centenary of Federation, and the Australia-China Council. At the United Nations in New York, in 1988, Professor Blainey received the celebrated Britannica Prize ‘for excellence in the dissemination of knowledge for the benefit of mankind’. A recipient of Australia’s highest honour, Companion in the Order of Australia (AC), he has been officially listed for two decades by the National Trust as a ‘National Living Treasure’. He is married to the well-known biographer Ann Blainey.
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