Dancing With Strangers
In January 1788 the First Fleet arrived in New South Wales and a thousand British men and women, …
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In 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 …
View Books by Russel WardThirty years ago, a bomb landed in the field of Australian consciousness of itself and its land in …
Eric Rolls (1923–2007) began his public career at the age of five telling stories before an adult audience. His first published poem, written when he was fifteen, was followed by twenty books and many hundreds of articles and essays on diverse …
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