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The events in this book have all, in a significant way, shaped our history, attitudes and culture. Not many nations can remember their own birthday, in Australia s case 1 January, 1901 the first day of the twentieth century. So it s perhaps not surprising that many visitors to the Antipodes express wonder that Australia has a history at all. Certainly, it s a short chronology by European standards a little over 200 years ago the First Fleet deposited its white cargo on the fatal shores of Port Jackson. Yet we are not the shortest-lived nation in the Commonwealth by a long shot. When we take into account the First Australians we have perhaps the longest history of all. The events that changed Australian history are iconic, character-building and cataclysmic the Boer War, Gallipoli and Kokoda. They can also be as seemingly flippant as the introduction of surfing, cricketers bowling a dangerous high bouncing ball and the death of a racehorse. However, all are major events in the evolution of our national psyche. Bodyline caused a diplomatic rift between England and Australia, millions have paid homage to Phar Lap s heart. Surfing created a culture. Floods and Bushfires, and Covid impact on Australia and it's people.

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p>span>Xavier Waterkeyn eclectic background includes photography, directing documentaries, scriptwriting, editing and marketing. He the author of, collaborator in and editor of a number of literary projects that span the full range of genres from children to adult in both fiction and non-fiction, such as Where Bin Laden?, Air and Space Disasters of the World, The Gabriel Method and Superstitions. His latest project, in partnership with the brilliant illustrator, Daniel Lalic, is Where Elvis?/span>/p> Wendy Lewis is a Sydney writer with stage, screen, television and radio credits. She has written eleven books ranging from Australian history to true crime.

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