The Shortest History of Australia by Mark McKenna leisure Compiled by celebrated author and

Compiled by celebrated author and journalist Benjamin Law

This is the story of a boy called Bob

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The Shortest History of Australia by Mark McKenna leisure Compiled by celebrated author andThe history of Australia has been written before but not like this. In The Shortest History of Australia, Mark McKenna offers a compelling new version of our national story. This is a modern Australia permeated by First Nations history; a multicultural society with an island mindset; a continent of epic beauty and extreme natural events; a country obsessed by war abroad but blind to its founding war at home; and a thriving nation state still to