Lion & Kangaroo: The Initiation of Australia

by Gavin Souter

Winner of the Colin Roderick Award Lion & Kangaroo is one of Australia's great works of history, a rich chronicle of the nation's coming-of-age. With intelligence, wisdom and wit, acclaimed historian Gavin Souter captures all the milestones of Australia's first decades, from the constitutional conventions of the nineteenth century to the turbulent years that followed World War I. Painting unforgettable portraits of scores of the most fascinating participants, he traces a national character in evolution. Profound and insightful, it is impossible to comprehend contemporary Australia without first reading Lion & Kangaroo .

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1925143392
• ISBN13: 9781925143393
• Release Date: December 2016
• Publisher: Acn 008 634 357 Pty Ltd
• Length: 438 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.3"