Bibliograph

A nation of swaggies & diggers, 1880-1920, Jackie French ; illustrations and cartoons by Peter Sheehan

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A nation of swaggies & diggers, 1880-1920, Jackie French ; illustrations and cartoons by Peter Sheehan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 146-147) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A nation of swaggies & diggers

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Jackie French ; illustrations and cartoons by Peter Sheehan

Sub title

1880-1920

Summary

The Australian colonies had come a long way since they were a dump for grim crims and convicts. Life was comfortable, at least for some. But soon drought would send swaggies waltzing their matildas along the roads, and bad times would make politicians dream of uniting the country into one nation. And then a far-off war would create a different kind of digger. What they brought back home would make greater changes to Australia than gold ever did. Meet the scabs and the swaggies, battling politicians, doddering generals, sheep stealers and heroic diggers who finally turned us into a nation in the latest instalment of the Fair Dinkum Histories. It's history as you've never seen it!

Target audience

juvenile

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Nation of swaggies and diggers

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