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'The purpose of this book is not to defend or condemn the Western creation story, but to challenge the assumption that its influence was ended by science and secularism.' - James Boyce, Born Bad Born Bad is the latest book from James Boyce, acclaimed author and historian.

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In these essays, John Hirst delves into Australia's history, politics and society. He selects the best history books and explores the idea that Australian Rules has its origins in Aboriginal pastimes. He examines our convict legacy, its contribution to the national character, and our peculiar adoption of bushmen and bushrangers as popular heroes.

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Although a self-proclaimed conservative, Hirst's work has received high praise from historians ranging from Don Watson to Stuart MacIntyre. This book collects key pieces on convict society, the pioneer legend, Australian egalitarianism, the republican movement and more.

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Looks past the skirmishes and pitched battles of the history wars, and asks what's at stake, what kind of history do we want and need The author discusses what good history looks like and, more specifically, what good Australian history looks like.

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A groundbreaking history of the settlement of Tasmania. James Boyce's book is filled with new facts and new ideas about one episode in the history of British colonialism. Combining environmental insights with a grasp of the politics of the frontier, it will change the way people view Australian colonial history.

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Documents the experiences and fates of the one million concentration camp survivors, POWs, slave laborers, and political prisoners left in Germany after World War II who spent years as displaced refugees in unsupported, segregated, and poorly converted buildings while the world's nations refused shelter.

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How Bat, Wyatt, Custer, Jesse and Two Bills - Wild and Buffalo - created the Wild West during America's 100th birthday

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In January 1788, William Dawes came to Botany Bay with the First Fleet Marines. This book offers a look into Dawes' notebooks which bring vividly to life the first four years of British colonisation, and in particular, Dawes' encounter with the indigenous peoples of what is now the Sydney Harbour region.

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A collection of writing, and some cartoons, from the nineteenth century British periodical press which was the popular press of its day. It includes pieces that range from articles and book reviews to short stories and poetry, and practical advice to intending emigrants. Some of the writers are anonymous, and others bear illustrious names.

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Empire and Asian Migration makes a vital contribution to current historical scholarship on the British Empire through an examination of under-researched imperial connections between colonial sovereignty, white settlers' opposition to Asian migration and the emergence of the Gandhian anti-colonial movement.

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We Australians have much to be proud of in our history. The pioneers, the heroes of Gallipoli; the sporting legends; and the great scientific minds and statesmen ... all these and more can be found in these pages, their tales told, perhaps not for the first time, but in a much less boring manner than previously. - Ben Pobjie