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'In 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 promised land. It was a time of social experiment and reform, of industrial radicalism and women's rights. We were a society the world had much to learn from, or so we believed. But as much as we espoused we were a special people and celebrated a larrikin anti-authoritarianism, we retained provincial objectives that saw ultimate respect for society's structures. There was no Australian revolution.

'With a rich assortment of contradictory, inspiring and surprising characters, Tom Keneally brings to life the people of a young and cocky nation. This is truly a new history of Australia, by an author of outstanding literary skill and experience, and whose own humanity permeates every page.' (From the publisher's website.)

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    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2011 .
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      Extent: 448p.
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      • Publication date: November 2011.
      ISBN: 9781742374482 (hbk.)
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    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

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Works about this Work

The Crowded Threads of a Nation's Tapestry Martin Flanagan , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 17 December 2011; (p. 25)

— Review of Australians : Eureka to the Diggers : Volume 2 Thomas Keneally , 2011 single work prose
The Making of a Nation Ross Fitzgerald , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 November 2011; (p. 32-33)

— Review of Australians : Eureka to the Diggers : Volume 2 Thomas Keneally , 2011 single work prose
Untitled David Bradbury , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 19 November 2011; (p. 22)

— Review of Australians : Eureka to the Diggers : Volume 2 Thomas Keneally , 2011 single work prose
Untitled Dave Martus , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , October vol. 91 no. 4 2011; (p. 28)

— Review of Australians : Eureka to the Diggers : Volume 2 Thomas Keneally , 2011 single work prose
A Pair of Ragged Claws Stephen Romei , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5 - 6 November 2011; (p. 19)
A column canvassing current literary news. Announces the imminent launch of an innovative magazine The Review of Australian Fiction to be published by Matthew Lamb.
The Formative Years Stephen Wilks , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 October 2011; (p. 23)

— Review of Australians : Eureka to the Diggers : Volume 2 Thomas Keneally , 2011 single work prose
Australian Stories Geoffrey Blainey , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5 - 6 November 2011; (p. 18-19)

— Review of Australians : Eureka to the Diggers : Volume 2 Thomas Keneally , 2011 single work prose
Untitled Dave Martus , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , October vol. 91 no. 4 2011; (p. 28)

— Review of Australians : Eureka to the Diggers : Volume 2 Thomas Keneally , 2011 single work prose
Untitled David Bradbury , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 19 November 2011; (p. 22)

— Review of Australians : Eureka to the Diggers : Volume 2 Thomas Keneally , 2011 single work prose
The Making of a Nation Ross Fitzgerald , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 12-13 November 2011; (p. 32-33)

— Review of Australians : Eureka to the Diggers : Volume 2 Thomas Keneally , 2011 single work prose
Tom Turns James Jeffrey , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Australian , 26 October 2011; (p. 13)
A Pair of Ragged Claws Stephen Romei , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5 - 6 November 2011; (p. 19)
A column canvassing current literary news. Announces the imminent launch of an innovative magazine The Review of Australian Fiction to be published by Matthew Lamb.
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