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. Professor Mark McKenna, one of Australia’s leading historians, digs deeper into this singular, often misunderstood … Continue reading →