J.O.Asking Mastodon for tips for comprehensive and balanced history books covering the history of Australia from the beginning of colonisation to present times. Thanks in advance! #australia #history #books
Pat@jur0_o "The Fatal Shore" by Robert Hughes gives history within English context. Well written, engaging, well researched
Not My Job@patrascan @jur0_o The Fatal Shore is not history, it is fiction! Badly written, unresearched. Completely trashed by every historian who has looked at it.
@jur0_o Wiki article gives further information. Author (himself an Aussie) wrote this as non fiction, a historical account. NYT and other critics gave favorable reviews. Read a sample and judge for yourself.
Cycling Stu@jur0_o Have you read Leviathan by John Birmingham? It is Sydney specific, but looks at a lot of stuff that people do not think of, that definitely shaped the town
@jur0_o Not in one book but Alan Atkinson's The Europeans in Australia series is worth a look.