Description
A Short History of Australia by Manning Clark is a concise yet wide-ranging account of Australia’s history, tracing the country’s development from the arrival of Aboriginal peoples and European settlement through to the late twentieth century. First published in 1963, the book explores major periods including convict settlement, colonial expansion, the gold rushes, Federation, the development of Australian political institutions, and the social changes of the twentieth century. Clark combines political history with social and cultural history, focusing not only on major figures and events but also on the experiences, ideas and conflicts that shaped Australian society.
The Illustrated Edition makes Clark’s historical narrative more accessible by combining the revised text with numerous illustrations and contemporary visual sources. Clark is known for his distinctive and sometimes controversial interpretation of Australia’s past, and his writing presents history as a story of competing ideas, values and identities rather than simply a sequence of events. The book is particularly valuable for readers wanting an accessible introduction to Australian history while also engaging with questions about national identity, Indigenous Australians, colonialism and the changing character of Australian society. The illustrated editions were revised and enlarged from the original work, with the story brought forward into the twentieth century.
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