Sense & Nonsense In Australian History

By: John Hirst

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Paperback | 1 June 2009

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Sense and Nonsense in Australian History represents a lifetime's original reflection by Australia's most innovative and penetrating historian. Included here are classic essays on the pioneer legend, Australian egalitarianism and colonial culture.

These are celebrated critiques of The Tyranny of Distance, multiculturalism and nationalistic history, as well as a substantial essay on Aboriginal dispossession and the history wars.

In Sense and Nonsense in Australian History, John Hirst overturns familiar conceptions and deepens our sense of Australia's development from convict society to distinctive democracy.

About the Author

John Hirst is a widely respected historian and social commentator. A former reader in history at La Trobe University, he wrote the official history of Australia for new citizens and took a prominent part in the History Summit convened by the prime minister in 2006. He is a member of the Film Australia Board and the National Museum council. John Hirst is the author of numerous books, including The Australians : Insiders and Outsiders on the National Character since 1770, Freedom on the Fatal Shore : Australia's First Colony, Sense & Nonsense in Australian History, The Shortest History of Europe and Looking for Australia.

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