Created to coincide with the 20th International Congress of Historical Sciences, which the University of New South Wales in Sydney has hosted in 2005.

This short volume presents an up-to-date account of issues and debates in Australian history. It has been conceived and compiled with students and a non-Australian readership in mind. Each chapter gives an overview of the current state of knowledge and the issues of interpretation of concern to Australian historians today. Covering a broad range of topics, leading writers in their fields offer a synthesis of existing work and their own original research that challenges prevailing myths. The result is a succinct appraisal of the exciting and topical issues that inform Australian history-writing in 2005.

Map of Australia
Notes on contributors
Timeline
Introduction Martyn Lyons &
Penny Russell
1 The battlefields of Aboriginal history Anna Haebich
2 Unsettling settier society Penny Russell
3 The view from the north Regina Ganter
4 Australia's Asian futures David Walker
5 The view from the west Charlie Fox
6 Immigration history Catriona Elder
7 Symbols of Australia Richard White
8 Australians and war Melanie Oppenheirner &
Bruce Scates
9 The common bond? Australian citizenship Alison Holland
10 Cities, suburbs, communities Seamus O'Hanion.