The Birth of Australia

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Rigby, 1978 - History - 223 pages

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Contents

Goldrush GEOFFREY BLAINEY
98
On The Land MICHAEL CANNON
155
Nationhood RM YOUNGER
188
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About the author (1978)

Geoffrey Blainey is an Australian historian, born 1930 in Melbourne, Victoria. He is a graduate of the University of Melbourne. He taught at the University of Melbourne and held chairs in economic history and history. He taught at Harvard University as a visiting professor of Australian Studies. He has written over 36 and is the author of The Story of Australia's People: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Australia for which he was a joint winner of the 2016 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Australian history.

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