Nation Builders

Nation Builders describes the people and events in Australia’s history that helped to build this nation. Although, Australia is a relatively new nation, the rate of development and population growth since European settlement has been rapid. The Australian people’s character has been tested and Australia identity shaped.

Special features include:

‘My story’ features offer first-hand accounts from individual Australians
‘Aussie Fact’ boxes provide additional bites of interesting information

Contents:
We are Australian
Nation builders
Early pioneers
Gold diggers
Uniting the colonies
Australians fight in World War 1
Surviving the Great Depression
Australians fight in World War 2
Post-war growth and immigration
Australians in more recent times
We are all Australian
Glossary
Index

Other titles in this series:
The First Australians
Settlers and Explorers
Artists and Storytellers
People and Places
Multicultural Australians