"Our Country Where History Happened" By Mark Greenwood, Frané Lessac (Illustrator)
The second title in the OUR COUNTRY series, celebrating and contextualising the richness of Australia's history, and where it happened.
In every corner of Australia, history happened. The pages of this book are a journey through tens of thousands of years. Our history is recorded in ancient rock art, in the flag flown at the Eureka Stockade, by Burke and Wills' tree. All around our coastline history unfolded in shipwrecks and ship arrivals. Sometimes tragic, often regrettable, always formative, history is commemorated from Tasmania and throughout the mainland at the sites of prisons and massacres. From the birthplace of a new federated nation at the beginning of the twentieth century in Sydney's Centennial Park to Eddie Mabo's struggle for acknowledgement of land rights in the 1990s, history happened all around Our Country.
- ISBN: 9781760653576
- ISBN-10: 1760653578
- Series: Our Country
- Published: 29th August 2023
- Format: Hardcover
- Language: English
- Audience: Children
- For Ages: 7 - 13 years old
- Publisher: Walker Books Australia
- Country of Publication: AU
- Dimensions (cm): 26.5 x 25 x 1
- Weight (kg): 0.4
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About Mark Greenwood
About Mark Greenwood
Mark Greenwood is an award-winning Australian author known for his historical fiction and non-fiction books for children. He is passionate about exploring pivotal moments in Australia's past and sharing stories of significant historical figures, such as The Legend of Lasseter’s Reef and Simpson and His Donkey. His writing blends engaging narrative with extensive research, making complex history accessible for young readers.
While not Indigenous himself, Greenwood has collaborated with Aboriginal communities and leaders when crafting stories like Jandamarra, in an effort to honour cultural sensitivity and truth-telling in history.
Mark Greenwood is an award-winning Australian author known for his historical fiction and non-fiction books for children. He is passionate about exploring pivotal moments in Australia's past and sharing stories of significant historical figures, such as The Legend of Lasseter’s Reef and Simpson and His Donkey. His writing blends engaging narrative with extensive research, making complex history accessible for young readers.
While not Indigenous himself, Greenwood has collaborated with Aboriginal communities and leaders when crafting stories like Jandamarra, in an effort to honour cultural sensitivity and truth-telling in history.