A History Of Australia: Iii: The Beginning Of An Australian Civilization 1824-1851
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
At the crossroads of colonial ambition and human resilience, C.M.H. Clark's A History of Australia, Volume III: The Beginning of an Australian Civilization 1824–1851 chronicles one of the most pivotal eras in the continent's story — a time when a penal outpost began its slow, turbulent transformation into a society of its own making. This third instalment of Clark's monumental six-volume series charts the struggles of convicts, settlers, pastoralists, and Aboriginal Australians against a backdrop of expanding frontiers, emerging commerce, and fierce political contestation, capturing the raw energy of a civilisation finding its footing on an ancient land. Manning Clark — widely regarded as Australia's greatest narrative historian — writes with the moral seriousness of a novelist and the rigour of a scholar, weaving individual lives into the vast tapestry of national becoming. His prose is poetic yet unsparing, holding up the contradictions of colonial Australia — its brutality and its yearning for respectability — without flinching. This volume stands as essential reading for anyone seeking to understand not merely how Australia was built, but at what human cost, leaving the reader to question whether the civilisation that emerged was truly worthy of the name.
Author: C. M. H. Clark
Format: Hardback
Published: 1973, Melbourne University Press
Genre: Australian history
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
At the crossroads of colonial ambition and human resilience, C.M.H. Clark's A History of Australia, Volume III: The Beginning of an Australian Civilization 1824–1851 chronicles one of the most pivotal eras in the continent's story — a time when a penal outpost began its slow, turbulent transformation into a society of its own making. This third instalment of Clark's monumental six-volume series charts the struggles of convicts, settlers, pastoralists, and Aboriginal Australians against a backdrop of expanding frontiers, emerging commerce, and fierce political contestation, capturing the raw energy of a civilisation finding its footing on an ancient land. Manning Clark — widely regarded as Australia's greatest narrative historian — writes with the moral seriousness of a novelist and the rigour of a scholar, weaving individual lives into the vast tapestry of national becoming. His prose is poetic yet unsparing, holding up the contradictions of colonial Australia — its brutality and its yearning for respectability — without flinching. This volume stands as essential reading for anyone seeking to understand not merely how Australia was built, but at what human cost, leaving the reader to question whether the civilisation that emerged was truly worthy of the name.