What are the indispensable works of Australian history?
Which titles do our
leading historians and writers nominate as the history books we should all read
and know? Manning Clark’s A history of Australia or Robert Hughes’ The Fatal
Shore? Anne Summers' Damned whores and God’s police or Henry Reynolds’ Why weren’t we told? Donald Horne’s The Lucky Country or Tim Flannery’s The Future eaters?
Which works of art most acutely reveal the Australian
experience? Does Peter Carey’s novel The true history of the Kelly Gang evoke
the Kelly story better than any history? Is Kate Grenville’s The Secret River a
better evocation of first contact in Australia than Inga Clendinnen’s Dancing
with strangers?
Books, monographs, plays, novels, even films and poetry, are
all up for discussion as the nation’s leading historians outline and debate
their choices for the must-read texts on Australian history.
6:15pm - 7:15pm, Tuesday 29 November 2011 at The Wheeler
Centre
This is a free event. Bookings recommended:
http://wheelercentre.com/
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