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The Story of Australia

A New History of People and Place

Louise C Johnson Tanja Luckins David Walker

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English
Routledge
03 September 2021
An interdisciplinary approach, integrating a rich body of scholarship and drawing upon a range of resources including maps, novels, poetry, art, diaries and reports, giving the book a comprehensive nature.

Targets the emerging Australian Studies market, whilst also feeding into Indigenous Studies. Goes beyond general histories or specific aspects of the national story, to introduce the history and geography along with politics, cultures, and key socio-political shifts.

A fresh engagement with Australia's history and geography, with a focus on mid to late twentieth century, including the impact of social movement and globalisation, environmental issues, gender, race, sexuality and ethnicity, whilst also engaging with broader socio-political issues.

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Imprint:   Routledge
Country of Publication:   Australia
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 156mm, 
Weight:   470g
ISBN:   9781760297084
ISBN 10:   1760297089
Pages:   240
Publication Date:  
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Primary ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
List of Illustrations, maps and tables, Acknowledgments, Introduction, Chapter 1 Origin Stories, Chapter 2 Manifest Destiny?, Chapter 3 Dispossessing and Settling, Chapter 4 An Immigrating World, Chapter 5 City Lights and Suburban Dreaming, Chapter 6 A Continent for a Nation, Chapter 7 Sacrifice, Chapter 8 Reforging a Nation, Chapter 9 Land of Tomorrow, Chapter 10 Shifting Temperaments, Chapter 11 Reimagining the Land, Chapter 12 Global Visions, Index

Louise C. Johnson is an Honorary Professor at Deakin University. A human geographer, she has researched and published on city access and inclusion, manufacturing workplaces, the Indigenous absence in Australian urban planning and the dynamics of Australian regional economies. Her books include Placebound: Australian Feminist Geographies (2000), Cultural Capitals (2009), and, with Sue Jackson and Libby Porter, Planning in Indigenous Australia (2018). In 2011 she received the Institute of Australian Geographers Australia and International Medal for her contribution to urban, social and cultural geography. Tanja Luckins is a historian in the Department of Archaeology and History, La Trobe University, Melbourne. She has published on memory and war; material and popular culture; cosmopolitanism; food and drink cultures; and the 1960s. Her books include The Gates of Memory: Australian People's Experiences and Memories of Loss and the Great War (2004) and, with Diane Kirkby and Chris McConville, The Australian Pub (2010). David Walker AM, FASSA, FAHA, is Professor Emeritus at Deakin University, holds honorary positions at the University of Melbourne and Western Sydney University and was inaugural BHP Chair of Australian Studies at Peking University. His most recent books are Stranded Nation: White Australia in an Asian Region (2019) and Not Dark Yet: A Personal History (2011).

Reviews for The Story of Australia: A New History of People and Place

How important it is to have a contemporary history of Australia that takes its geography seriously - that grounds Australia's stories and events firmly and explicitly in places, land and environments. This book chronicles Australia's diverse people - their struggles, their achievements and losses, those who took power and those who were marginalised at different times. But it also directs us to the places they shaped and that shaped them, from Indigenous people in country to the residents and workers of present-day cities and suburbs. It is a fine achievement indeed to make these important connections and to insist that they must be made. Ruth Fincher, The University of Melbourne A new history for a new generation: a highly accessible account of social and political change, skilfully interwoven with cultural references, high and low, and a deep understanding of the land and its peoples. Richard White, University of Sydney


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