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Moment of truth, history and Australia's future, Mark McKenna

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Moment of truth, history and Australia's future, Mark McKenna

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Moment of truth

Responsibility statement

Mark McKenna

Sub title

history and Australia's future

Summary

Australia is on the brink of momentous change, but only if its citizens and politicians can come to new terms with the past. In this inspiring essay, Mark McKenna considers the role of history in making and unmaking the nation. From Captain Cook to the frontier wars, from Australia Day to the Uluru Statement, we are seeing passionate debates and fresh recognitions. McKenna argues that it is time to move beyond the history wars, and that truth-telling about the past will be liberating and healing. This is a superb account of a nation's moment of truth

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