Mark McKenna

Mark McKenna is a native of Sydney, Australia, and is a professor of history at the University of Sydney. He is the author of several books on history and politics in Australia, including From the Edge: Australia’s Lost Histories, Return to Uluru, and An Eye for Eternity: The Life of Manning Clark, which won the Prime Minister’s Literary Award for nonfiction and the Victorian, New South Wales, Queensland, and South Australian premiers’ awards. He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities in 2013.

The Shortest History of Australia
From First Nations Origins to Thriving, Multicultural Nation-State—A Continent of Epic Beauty’s Singular Past
by Mark McKenna
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As a land associated with extremes—from remote desert terrain to some of the world’s deadliest creatures—few countries feel as geographically and culturally independent as Australia. While pop-culture references to endless summers proliferate, it’s the lesser-acknowledged eras of Australian history that … Continue reading →