The Shortest History of Australia
$25.89
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
3 August 2026
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: | 9781760645991 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1760645990 |
| Author: | Mark McKenna |
| Publisher: | Black Inc. |
| Imprint: | Black Inc. |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 3 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 230g |
| Dimensions: | 25mm x 129mm x 196mm |
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Mark McKenna
Mark McKenna is an emeritus professor of history at the University of Sydney and the Australian National University. He is the author of several prize-winning books, including:
- From the Edge: Australia’s Lost Histories
- Looking for Blackfellas’ Point
- Return to Uluru
- An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark (winner of the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for Nonfiction and the Victorian, New South Wales, Queensland, and South Australian Premiers’ Awards)
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