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Manning Clark's six-volume series, A History of Australia, is one of the masterpieces of Australian writing. It is also one of the most passionately debated visions of Australian history, in which the struggle to realise an Australian nation is played out on an epic scale. Manning Clark's six-volume history is one of the masterpieces of Australian writing. It is also one of the most passionately debated visions of Australian history, in which the struggle to realise an Australian nation is played out on an epic scale. A History of Australis- 1824-1888, takes the story of Australia through the momentous discovery of gold and the separation of Victoria from New South Wales, to the centenary of the coming of European civilisation to Australia on 26 January 1888. The story is one of destruction as well as construction-the destruction of the Aborigines and the construction of an essentially English bourgeois society and the taming of an alien and seemingly sterile land. This is not a general Australian history-it does not attempt to cover all aspects-and it is not a definitive or quantitative analysis. It is a work of art, a living and breathing account of the remaking of a primitive continent, history come alive.Product Identifiers
PublisherMelbourne University Press
ISBN-139780522868487
eBay Product ID (ePID)212085421
Product Key Features
Number of Pages986 Pages
Publication NameA History of Australia (Volumes 3 & 4) : from 1824 to 1888
LanguageEnglish
SubjectHistory
Publication Year1999
TypeTextbook
AuthorManning Clark
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height241 mm
Item Weight1044 g
Item Width155 mm
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Country/Region of ManufactureAustralia
Title_AuthorManning Clark
