Want to read up on Austrailian History, any recommendations?

Question

Watched Rabbit Proof Fence last night and would like to read up on Austrailian History. Exploration, Law, penal colonies, the lot.

Answer 1

Here are a few. I hope this helps. I have more if you need them.

A Traveller's History of Australia
Contributor(s): Chambers, John H (Editor); Judd, Denis
ISBN: 1566564247
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A Concise History of Australia
Contributor(s): Macintyre, Stuart
ISBN: 0521601010
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Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific: An Environmental History
Contributor(s): Garden, Don
ISBN: 157607868X
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The Founding of New Societies: Studies in the History of the United States, Latin America, South Africa, Canada and Australia
Contributor(s): Hartz, Louis (Author); Hartz, Louis (Preface by)Thompson, Leonard M (Contribution by)
ISBN: 0156327287
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Claiming a Continent: A New History of Australia
Contributor(s): Day, David
ISBN: 0732269768
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Convict Maids: The Forced Migration of Women to Australia
Contributor(s): Oxley, Deborah
ISBN: 0521446775
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Nature and the English Diaspora: Environment and History in the United States, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
Contributor(s): Dunlap, Thomas (Author); Worster, Donald (Editor)Crosby, Alfred W (Editor)
ISBN: 0521657008
Binding: Paperback
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Gliders of Australia: A Natural History
Contributor(s): Lindenmayer, David B
ISBN: 086840523X
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The Europeans in Australia: A History Volume Two: Democracy
Contributor(s): Atkinson, Alan
ISBN: 0195536428
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A Short History of Australia
Contributor(s): Scott, Ernest
ISBN: 1419103288
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Burning Bush: A Fire History of Australia
Contributor(s): Pyne, Stephen J (Author); Cronon, William (Annotations by)
ISBN: 0295976772
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The History of Australia
Contributor(s): Clarke, F G (Author); Clarke, Frank G (Author)
ISBN: 0313314985
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History of Australia, New Zealand and the Pac
Contributor(s): Denoon, Donald (Author); Mein-Smith, Philippa (Joint Author)Wyndham, Marivic (Joint Author)
ISBN: 0631218734
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The Archaeology of Australia's History
Contributor(s): Connah, Graham (Author); Hobbs, Douglas ISBN: 0521454751
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Telling Stories: Indigenous History and Memory in Australia and New Zealand
ISBN: 1865085545
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Strategic Command: General Sir John Wilton and Australia's Asian Wars
Contributor(s): Horner, David
ISBN: 0195552822
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Multiethnic Australia: Its History and Future
Contributor(s): MacLeod, Celeste Lipow
ISBN: 0786425229
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Australia's Vietnam War
Contributor(s): Doyle, Jeff (Author); Pierce, Peter (Joint Author)Grey, Jeffrey (Joint Author)
ISBN: 1585441376
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Cultural History in Australia
Contributor(s): White, Richard (Editor); Teo, Hsu-Ming (Editor)
ISBN: 0868405892
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Muslims in Australia: Immigration, Race Relations and Cultural History
Contributor(s): Kabir, Nahid
ISBN: 0710311087
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A Military History of Australia (Rev)
Contributor(s): Grey, Jeffrey
ISBN: 0521644836
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A Concise History of Australia
Contributor(s): Macintyre, Stuart
ISBN: 0521841224
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Australia's First Rotary Club: A History of the Rotary Club of Melbourne
Contributor(s): Parnaby, Owen
ISBN: 0522850316
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Australia's History: Themes and Debates
Contributor(s): Lyons, Martyn (Editor); Russell, Penny (Editor)
ISBN: 0868407909
Binding: Paperback
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A Short History of Australia
Contributor(s): Clark, Manning (Author); Clark, Manning (Other)
ISBN: 0451605225
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A Short History of Australia
Contributor(s): Clark, Manning (Author); Clark, Manning (Other)
ISBN: 0451619226
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Ireland and Irish-Australia: Studies in Cultural and Political History
Contributor(s): MacDonagh, Oliver
ISBN: 0709946171
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Woman Suffrage in Australia
Contributor(s): Oldfield, Audrey
ISBN: 0521403804
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A Short History of Australia (Rev)
Contributor(s): Clark, Manning (Author); Clark, C M H (Author)
ISBN: 0451625617
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Rethinking Settler Colonialism: History and Memory in Australia, Canada, Aotearoa New Zealand and South Africa
Contributor(s): Coombes, Annie E
ISBN: 0719071682
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To Constitute a Nation: A Cultural History of Australia's Constitution
Contributor(s): Irving, Helen
ISBN: 0521584175

Answer 2

geneology, any site that has transportation records, thats real gritty stuff, transported for a loaf of bread, ever figure out where the saying comes from ,you may as well get hung for a sheep as a lamb, english law records another mine of info.

Answer 3

Ask an Aborigine - you may get a slightly different answer.

Answer 4

The Kangaroo times, if you dont like it you can hop it.

Answer 5

www.australia.com