Lion and kangaroo
Subtitle: the initiation of Australia, 1901-1919
By: Gavin Souter.
Publisher: Collins
Published: 1976
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918 -- Australia; Australia -- Politics and government -- 1901-1945
Description: Lion and Kangaroo is one of Australia's great works of history, an extraordinary rich chronicle of the nation's coming-of-age. It captures all the milestones of Australias first decades, from the constitutional conventions of the nineteenth century to the turbulent years that followed the Great War. Painting unforgettable portraits of scores of the most fascinating participants, the author traces a national character in evolution.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 327-332.
Includes index.