{"product_id":"events-that-shaped-australia-wendy-lewis-9781760798864","title":"Events that Shaped Australia","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe events in this book have all, in a significant way, shaped our history, attitudes and culture. Not many nations can remember their own birthday, in Australia s case 1 January, 1901   the first day of the twentieth century. So it s perhaps not surprising that many visitors to the Antipodes express wonder that Australia has a history at all. Certainly, it s a short chronology by European standards   a little over 200 years ago the First Fleet deposited its white cargo on the fatal shores of Port Jackson. Yet we are not the shortest-lived nation in the Commonwealth by a long shot. When we take into account the First Australians we have perhaps the longest history of all. The events that changed Australian history are iconic, character-building and cataclysmic   the Boer War, Gallipoli and Kokoda. They can also be as seemingly flippant as the introduction of surfing, cricketers bowling a dangerous high bouncing ball and the death of a racehorse. However, all are major events in the evolution of our national psyche. Bodyline caused a diplomatic rift between England and Australia, millions have paid homage to Phar Lap s heart. Surfing created a culture. Floods and Bushfires, the Covid impact on Australia and the Bondi terror attack.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wendy Lewis","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51325036626163,"sku":"9781760798864","price":35.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781760798864.jpg?v=1789505000","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/events-that-shaped-australia-wendy-lewis-9781760798864","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}