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How Governor Macquarie invented an idea of Australia, a convict built it - and how Britain tried to tear it down.

About the Author

Luke Slattery is the author of Crisis in the Clever Country: Why Our Universities are Failing (with Geoffrey Maslen), Dating Aphrodite: Modern Adventures in the Ancient World, and Reclaiming Epicurus: Could an Ancient Philosophy of Happiness Save the World?

Reviews

"A riveting read." --Courier-Mail