Australian History in 7 [Seven] Questions by John Hirst

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Secondhand. Good condition. General edgewear.

Hirst asks and answers some of the big questions in Australian history:

1. Why did Aboriginal people not become farmers?
2. How did a penal colony change peacefully to a democracy?
3. Why was Australia so prosperous so early?
4. Why did the Australian colonies federate?
5. What effect did convict origins have on national character?
6. Why was the postwar migration programme a success?
7. Why is Australia not a republic?