Australians: From Eureka to the Diggers. Volume 2, Volume 2In this companion volume of Thomas Keneally's widely acclaimed history of the Australian people, the vast range of characters who have formed our national story are brought vividly to life. Immigrants and Aboriginal resistance figures, bushrangers and pastoralists, working men and pioneering women, artists and hard-nosed radicals, politicians and soldiers all populate this richly drawn portrait of a vibrant land on the cusp of nationhood and social maturity. From the 1860s to the great rifts wrought by World War I, an era commenced in which Australian pursued glimmering visions: of equity in a. |
Contents
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1880s | 103 |
1890s | 141 |
Picture section | 162 |
Late 1890s to 1914 | 209 |
Onset and early gambits | 287 |
Picture section | 290 |
From France and Flanders to the peace | 319 |
Timeline to 1919 | 399 |
Notes | 407 |
INDEX | 433 |
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