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Issue Details: First known date: 2009... 2009 Australians : Origins to Eureka : Volume 1
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'The first volume of a unique history of Australia where people are always centre stage, from bestselling author Thomas Keneally who brings to life the vast range of characters who have formed our national story.' (From the publisher's website.)

Notes

  • Dedication: To four young Australian inheritors of history, Augustus, Clementine, Alexandra and Rory.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2009 .
      person or book cover
      Image courtesy of Allen & Unwin
      Extent: xi, 628p., [32]p. of platesp.
      Description: illus. (some col.), ports (some col.)
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: September 2009.
      • Includes time line and index.
      • Includes bibliographical references (p. 573-605).
      ISBN: 9781741750690 (hbk.)
  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Australians : A Short History Thomas Keneally , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2016 11974587 2016 selected work prose Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2016

Other Formats

Works about this Work

[Review] Australians : Origins to Eureka : Volume 1 David Llewellyn , Jenny Jeppesen , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , September vol. 42 no. 3 2011; (p. 436-437)

— Review of Australians : Origins to Eureka : Volume 1 Thomas Keneally , 2009 single work prose
Causes for Convicts Frank Bongiorno , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 11 March no. 5632 2011; (p. 27)

— Review of Australians : Origins to Eureka : Volume 1 Thomas Keneally , 2009 single work prose

'In the opening paragraph of this book, its author observes that the “question of whether Australia is old or young jangles in the Australian imagination”. Much the same might be said of the first instalment of Thomas Keneally’s projected three-volume history of Australia. Its dust jacket announces that the book “is truly a new history of Australia”. But the contents have a distinctly old-fashioned feel about them.'  (Introduction)

[Review] Australians : Origins to Eureka : Volume 1 Jay Freeman , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Booklist , 15 September vol. 107 no. 2 2010; (p. 19)

— Review of Australians : Origins to Eureka : Volume 1 Thomas Keneally , 2009 single work prose
Book Reviews Beverley Kingston , 2010 single work review
— Appears in: Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society , June vol. 96 no. 1 2010; (p. 98-99)

— Review of Australians : Origins to Eureka : Volume 1 Thomas Keneally , 2009 single work prose
Tom Keneally's Australians 2009 single work essay
— Appears in: SL : State Library of New South Wales Magazine , August vol. 2 no. 2 2009; (p. 12-13)
Review Sandy McCutcheon , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 29 - 30 August 2009; (p. 22)

— Review of Australians : Origins to Eureka : Volume 1 Thomas Keneally , 2009 single work prose
Clarity and Drive in Keneally's History Stephen Wilks , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 August 2009; (p. 16)

— Review of Australians : Origins to Eureka : Volume 1 Thomas Keneally , 2009 single work prose
Seeking the Light Bron Sibree , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 22 - 23 August 2009; (p. 20)

— Review of Australians : Origins to Eureka : Volume 1 Thomas Keneally , 2009 single work prose
A Novelist's Eye Cassandra Pybus , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 29-30 August 2009; (p. 10-11)

— Review of Australians : Origins to Eureka : Volume 1 Thomas Keneally , 2009 single work prose
Shouts and Whispers Geoffrey Blainey , 2009 single work review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , September vol. 4 no. 8 2009; (p. 10-11)

— Review of Australians : Origins to Eureka : Volume 1 Thomas Keneally , 2009 single work prose
Fact and Fiction Luke Slattery , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 1-2 August 2009; (p. 4-5)
Rich History in the Making Damien Murphy , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 August 2009; (p. 26-27)
Australians' Story Luke Stegemann , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Adelaide Review , September no. 355 2009; (p. 12-13)
The Chronicles of Tom Bron Sibree , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 5 September 2009; (p. 10-12)
Back Track Bron Sibree , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 5 September 2009; (p. 17-18)
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