Legendary Tales of the Australian Aborigines
David Unaipon – the man on the $50 note – was a most extraordinary person. An early Aboriginal …
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David Unaipon – the man on the $50 note – was a most extraordinary person. An early Aboriginal …
Teacher Resource EssayDavid Unaipon is considered to be the first Indigenous Australian author, publishing Aboriginal legends in the 1920s. Without permission, the publisher Angus and Robertson sold the copyright of the stories to William Ramsay Smith who published Myths …
View Books by David UnaiponIn January 1788 the First Fleet arrived in New South Wales and a thousand British men and women, …
Inga Clendinnen was born in Geelong in 1934. Her early books and scholarly articles on the Aztecs and Maya of Mexico earned her a reputation as one of the world’s finest historians. Reading the Holocaust, Tiger’s Eye and Dancing with Strangers …
View Books by Inga ClendinnenThe Colony is the story of the marvellously contrary, endlessly energetic early years of Sydney. It …
Grace Karskens teaches Australian History at the University of New South Wales. Her groundbreaking book The Rocks: Life in Early Sydney won the 1998 NSW Premier's Award for Local and Regional History and established the author as a leading historian …
View Books by Grace KarskensIn this widely acclaimed volume, bestselling author Thomas Keneally brings to life the vast range of…
Thomas Keneally was born in 1935 and, as well as writing many novels, has shown an increasing interest in producing histories. His history of Irish convictism was entitled The Great Shame and was published in all the English language markets. The …
View Books by Thomas KeneallyIn this classic piece of Australian literary heritage, Russell Ward looks at the ideals, traits and …
Dr Russel Ward was an Associate-Professor in history in the University of New England. He was educated at Prince Alfred College and the University of Adelaide. He then went on to teach at Geelong Grammar, Sydney Grammar and in New South Wales State …
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