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The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding
Dark Emu
Girt (The Unauthorised History of Australia #1)
The Colony: A History of Early Sydney
A Commonwealth of Thieves: The Improbable Birth of Australia
The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia
True Girt (The Unauthorised History of Australia #2)
Forgotten War
The Forgotten Rebels of Eureka
The Tyranny of Distance: How Distance Shaped Australia's History
The Other Side of the Frontier: Aboriginal Resistance to the European Invasion of Australia
Eureka: The Unfinished Revolution
1835: The Founding of Melbourne and the Conquest of Australia
Batavia
True History of the Kelly Gang
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The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanA Town Like Alice by Nevil ShutePicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayTrue History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
Historical Fiction Set In Australia
112 books — 13 voters
The Family that went to War by Gordon George SmithAn Australian Story by Gordon George Smith
An Australian Story
2 books — 2 voters

Journey to the West by Biao WangThe Daughter of Kurdland by Widad AkreyiFemales of Valor by Widad AkreyiZoroastrians' Fight for Survival by Widad AkreyiRoots of To-Be Templars by Widad Akreyi
Best books on history and culture.
133 books — 84 voters
A Bridge Too Far by Cornelius RyanThe Longest Day by Cornelius RyanBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseAn Army at Dawn by Rick AtkinsonCitizen Soldiers by Stephen E. Ambrose
Must Read World War II Military History - European Theater of Operations (nonfiction)
312 books — 116 voters

Journal of a First Fleet Surgeon by George B. WorganSydney Cove Journal by George B. WorganA Narrative of the Expedition to Botany Bay by Watkin TenchSydney's first four years by Watkin TenchA Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson by Watkin Tench
Australia Literature 1800 >
51 books — 1 voter

Quotes Tagged “Australian History”

“ Deep down there is the feeling that what we participated in was morally wrong, and can never be looked upon as legitimate. We can make all kinds of excuses, but it can never justify the murder, the savagery and the barbarism that was inflicted on the Vietnamese people under the guise of saving the world from communism. ”
― Terry Burstall, The Soldiers' Story: The Battle at Xa Long Tan Vietnam, 18 August 1966
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“ The English were the predominant group numerically among the Australian colonists and their ideas and customs gave the new Australia its chief characteristics ... Yet the English majority dissolved into unhyphenated Australians even more quickly than the minorities. ”
― Geoffrey Partington, The Australian Nation: Its British and Irish Roots
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Videos Tagged “Australian History”

Ned Kelly and the Green Sash
Ned Kelly and the Green Sash
The Hunt for Ned Kelly
The Hunt for Ned Kelly
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Groups Tagged "Australian History"

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