The Europeans in Australia: A HistoryVolume Two: Democracy

The Europeans in Australia

by Alan Atkinson

This is the second installment in the acclaimed three-volume history of Australia. Atkinson's aim is to show what the European did with Australia--and why they did it--what drove them, what troubled them--during the first four or five generations of colonization, up to the end of the Great
War. This volume takes the story from around 1815 to the early l870s. Atkinson tells of the expansion and enrichment of the colonies and the emergence of democracy.

Genres: History, Nonfiction

464 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Michael King · Rating 2 out of 5]

Reading the second volume of Alan Atkinson's history of Australia felt very similar to reading the first. There is the joy of learning about the key characters, events and dates that shaped Australian history. There is also the real struggle of an overload of information which often feels too loosely connected. I would probably not recommend.