Story of Australia

<p><em>The Story of Australia</em> provides a fresh engaging and comprehensive introduction to Australia’s history and geography. An island continent with distinct physical features Australia is home to the most enduring Indigenous cultures on the planet. In the late eighteenth century newcomers from distant worlds brought great change. Since that time Australia has been shaped by many peoples with competing visions of what the future might hold. </p><p>This new history of Australia integrates a rich body of scholarship from many disciplines drawing upon maps novels poetry art music diaries and letters government and scientific reports newspapers architecture and the land itself engaging with Australia in its historical geographical national and global contexts. It pays particular attention to women and Indigenous Australians as well as exploring key themes including invasion/colonisation land use urbanisation war migration suburbia and social movements for change. Elegantly written readers will enjoy Australia’s story from its origins to the present as the nation seeks to resolve tensions between Indigenous dispossession British tradition and multicultural diversity while finding its place in an Asian region and dealing with global challenges like climate change. <br><br>It is an ideal text for students academics and general readers with an interest in Australian history geography politics and culture.</p>