A history of Australia focuses on the people who formed the country, including convicts, Aborigines, gold seekers, settlers, soldiers, and reformers.
AustraliansSeries
This series delves into the rich and often tumultuous history of Australia through the lives of its most significant inhabitants. From convicts and Indigenous peoples to gold seekers and settlers, each volume explores the diverse individuals who shaped the nation. Discover their struggles, triumphs, and the enduring legacies that forged a continent. It's a captivating journey into the heart of Australian identity and its formative years.
Recommended Reading Order
- 1
- 2
Australians Volume 2
- 464 pages
- 17 hours of reading
Bestselling author Thomas Keneally brings to life the vast range of characters who have formed our national story, in the second volume of a unique history of Australia.
- 3
Annotation In the third volume of Thomas Keneally's unique history of Australia - where he shines a light on the lives and deeds of our countrymen and women, both known and unknown - he takes up the story at the end of the Great War and explores our development as a nation during the tumultuous 20th century.