Lion and Kangaroo

by Gavin Souter

Lion and Kangaroo is one of Australia's great works of history, an extraordinary rich chronicle of the nation's coming-of-age. It captures all the milestones of Australias first decades, from the constitutional conventions of the nineteenth century to the turbulent years that followed the Great War. Painting unforgettable portraits of scores of the most fascinating participants, the author traces a national character in evolution.