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The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia’s Founding

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history of Australia

  • Map showing the country of Australia divided into its states and territories with major cities and surrounding bodies of water, including the Indian Ocean, Coral Sea, Tasman Sea, and Pacific Ocean.
    In Australia: Strains of modern radicalism

    Robert Hughes’s The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia’s Founding (1987), a vivid account of the experiences of both transported convicts and colonists that became an international best seller, explored Australia’s origins as a colony and its search for a national identity.

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