The Europeans in Australia
Awards:   "Winner of ""Banjo"" Award for Non-Fiction 1997" Winner of Banjo Award for Non-Fiction 1997 Winner of Banjo Award for Non-Fiction 1997. Winner of NSW Premier's Literary Award Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction 1997 Winner of NSW Premier's Literary Award Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction 1997.
Author:   Alan Atkinson
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Australia
Edition:   New edition
ISBN:  

9780195507089


Pages:   448
Publication Date:   01 March 1998
Format:   Paperback
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Awards

  • "Winner of ""Banjo"" Award for Non-Fiction 1997"
  • Winner of Banjo Award for Non-Fiction 1997
  • Winner of Banjo Award for Non-Fiction 1997.
  • Winner of NSW Premier's Literary Award Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction 1997
  • Winner of NSW Premier's Literary Award Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-Fiction 1997.

Overview

In the first volume of his history of Australia, Alan Atkinson covers the first impact of European power on Australia. He argues that the Europeans were not simply conquerors, that their own cultures were infinitely complex, thickly-woven with ideas about spirituality, authority, self and land, all of which influenced the development of Australia.

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Author:   Alan Atkinson
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Australia
Imprint:   OUP Australia and New Zealand
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.640kg
ISBN:  

9780195507089


ISBN 10:   0195507088
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   01 March 1998
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us.

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The volume abounds in fascinating, if eccentric, detail about life in the early years of the colony. ... What he has written so far will be of enormous interest to serious students of Australian history. The Daily Telegraph


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