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Patrick Stokes
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Prologue: Nothing Happens (60,000 BC - 1770 AD) Ch.1 Cook Shirtfronts A New Land (1770) Ch.2 Biting The Onion Of Opportunity (1788-1799) Ch.3 Totally Peaceful Pastoral Expansion, 1800-1850 Ch.4 Gold: Nature’s Suppositories of Wealth (1850-1880) Ch.5 Bush Poetry From Arsehole To Breakfast (1880-1914)

Tim Lyons@picketer.bsky.social

Special piece just for @tomwestland.bsky.social this morning: Shamston on a new book about Australian history by Tone.

Patrick Stokes
@patrickstokes.com

Ch.6 The Most Important Thing Ever Happens (1914-1918) Ch.7 Um, Phryne Fisher Maybe? (1919-1939) Ch.8 Here’s Why Ben Chifley Would Be In The Liberal Party Today (1939-1945) Ch.9 Menzies Presides Over A Perfect Era Of Harmony And Order (1949-1966)

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Patrick Stokes
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Ch.10: Women Get Some Funny Notions, Also Vietnam (1967-1971) Ch.11 [pages missing] Ch.12 Australian Culture Reaches A State Of Unrepeatable Perfection (1976-1982) Ch.13 A Brief History of Expo ‘88 (1983-1996) Ch.14 Australian History Comes To A Triumphant Conclusion (1996-2006) Index