Australian History For Dummies - Mcdermott, Alex

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Auteur(s) : Mcdermott, Alex

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 01/05/2022

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 496

Expédition : 921

Dimensions : 23.7 x 19.1 x 3.5

ISBN : 0730395456

Résumé :

Discover the fascinating details that make Australia the country it is today

Australian History For Dummies is your rough-and-ready tour guide through Australia's whirlwind past. We'll introduce you to the people and events that have shaped this 'Land Down Under' (and why it's called that, anyway). You'll see how Indigenous Australians lived in Australia for over 65,000 years. You'll be there as British colonists explore Australia's harsh terrain. You'll appreciate the impact of the world wars. And you'll delve into the recent past, giving you insight into modern-day Australia and what's next.

Australia is a place unlike any other place, and its wild history, with more ups and downs than you'll care to count, makes for fascinating reading. Bushrangers, the gold rush, the first female prime minister-it's all inside. This new edition fills in the last ten years of history and covers issues faced in the 21st century.

• Explore the history of Indigenous Australia from the ancient past to the modern day
• Watch Australia put itself on the map-learn about the intrepid explorers and the discovery of gold
• Understand how and why the states were united and meet the major players who made it happen
• Examine the social, economic and political changes that made Australia what it is today

Students, teachers and anyone else who wants to learn more about Australia's background will love this lively, authoritative book. Relax and be entertained as Australian History For Dummies tells you the stories of the past.

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Biographie:

Introduction 1

About This Book 1

Foolish Assumptions 2

Icons Used in This Book 3

Where to Go from Here 4

Part 1: Let's Get This Country Started 5

Chapter 1: Aussie, Aussie, Aussie 7

When Oldest Meets Newest 8

Getting ahead in the convict world 8

Leaping into the big time with wool 10

Gold, Gold, Gold for Australia 10

Welcoming in male suffrage 11

Striving for the 'workingman's paradise' 12

Solving the Problems of the World (By Keeping Out the World) 14

Now for War, Division, Depression and More War 15

Joining the Empire in the war 15

Dreaming of 'Australia Unlimited' 16

Getting hit by the Great Depression 17

?And another war 17

The Postwar Boom Broom 18

Breaking Down the Fortress Australia Mentality 19

Opening up the economy 19

Opening up the borders (mostly) 20

Entering the New Millennium 20

Chapter 2: First Australians: Making a Home, Receiving Visitors 23

Indigenous Australians 24

Settling in early 24

Life in Aboriginal Australia 26

History without books 28

Trading with the neighbours 29

Visitors from Overseas 30

Macassan fishermen 30

Portuguese and Spanish navigators 31

Lost Dutch traders and wandering explorers 31

Chapter 3: Second Arrivals and First Colonials 33

'Discovering' the Great Southern Land 34

Finding the right men for the job 34

Setting (British) eyes on New South Wales 36

The Brits are Coming! 37

Quick! New settlement required 37

Pushing for a settlement in NSW 40

Picking a winner: NSW it is! 41

Sailing for Botany Bay 44

Getting there with the First Fleet 44

The human material: Who were these people? 45

Holding Out at Sydney 46

Using convicts as guards 46

Issuing ultimatums (and being ignored) 47

Soldiering on regardless 47

New Colony Blues 48

Second Fleet horrors 48

Courting disaster with the interlopers 49

Bennelong and Phillip 50

Then the rest of the world goes bung 51

Chapter 4: Colony Going Places (With Some Teething Troubles) 53

Rising to the Task: The NSW Corps Steps Up 54

Setting up trading monopolies 56

The ascendancy of the 'Rum Corps' 56

Upsetting the reverends 57

Ruling with Goodhearted Incompetence: Governor Hunter 58

Ending the trading monopoly game 59

A government store with empty shelves 60

Handing out land higgledy-piggledy 60

Hunter's wheels fall off 62

King Came, King Saw, King Conquered - Kind Of 62

Diversifying trade and production 63

Ending the rum trade (well points for trying) 64

Pardoning convicts 65

Fixing up the mess 65

Choosing Bligh for the job 66

Bligh gets down to business 66

Bligh's end 68

Chapter 5: A Nation of Second Chances 71

Macquarie's Brave New World 72

Converting Macquarie 73

Living under the Macquarie regime 74

Macquarie's Main Points of Attack 75

Pushing expansion 76

Conciliating (and pursuing) Indigenous Australians 78

Re-ordering a town, re-ordering convict behaviour 79

Becoming a Governor Ahead of His Time 81

Stirring up trouble with the free folk 81

Creating outrage back home 82

Big World Changes for Little NSW 83

Coping with the deluge following Waterloo 83

Britain starts paying attention again (unfortunately!) 83

Bringing back terror 84

Big Country? Big Ambitions? Bigge the Ins...

Sommaire:

Alex McDermott is an author, historian, and creative producer. His passion is writing histories which tell the pivotal stories that help us understand how we came to be who we are today. He has contributed his expertise to Screen Australia, State Library Victoria, La Trobe University, SBS, ABC and many other organisations.