The What If Histories of Australia

The What If Histories of AustraliaAn amusing look at the alternative paths that Australian history might have taken. The What If histories of Australia imagines a very different history of Australia, where the unexpected happens in unexpected ways. Starting by defining the real histories, the book then looks at possible paths of different settlements that history could have taken. What if Captain Cook's ship had sunk when it hit the Great Barrier Reef in 1770? And what if he never got

Delisha Reid

And at the centre is a man of great personal commitment

this'll be a crackin' ride

birth certificate law reform and the Christian right's demand for enhanced religious freedoms

She now lives in Adelaide with her father and younger siblings

Thor's voyage shows that

star witness in a celebrated case of imposture

he prefers to stay home with a book

It divides the town into those who think it should be hushed up and forgotten

and they were the only thing in his life he could control

the same year Henry Lawson wrote 'The Drover's Wife' and cemented his place in Australia's literary canon

Across the dark sea