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- Published 20170207
- ISBN: 9781925498295
- Extent: 264pp
- Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

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Angela Woollacott
Angela Woollacott is the Manning Clark professor of history at the Australian National University. Her most recent book, Settler Society in the Australian Colonies:...
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