{"product_id":"australia-the-young-oldest-country-25-ideas-that-made-australia-then-and-now-9781764485036","title":"Australia - The Young Oldest Country: 25 Ideas That Made Australia - Then and Now","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Rahul Agrawal | Arjun Agrawal\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Rahul Agrawal\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Rahul Agrawal\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: History - Australia \u0026amp; Oceania\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAustralia feels familiar until you start asking questions. Why does a country with 65,000 years of human history celebrate its national day on the date a fleet of ships arrived? Why did the first law a brand new nation passed keep people out rather than welcome them in? And how did a continent at the edge of the world become one of its most remarkable democracies in just over a century?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross its ancient landscape and young nationhood, Australia holds some of the most extraordinary stories on Earth, each one shaped by deep time, colonial collision and the ongoing argument about who belongs and what this country is still becoming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book takes young readers on a fascinating journey through the ideas, decisions and turning points that made Australia what it is today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollow Arjun and Navya as simple questions lead to big discoveries. Through conversations, stories and clear explanations, readers explore how a continent became a country, how a penal colony became a democracy and how a nation that once tried to keep the world out became one of the most multicultural societies on Earth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 25 ideas are organised into six arcs that tell the complete story of Australia from its deepest foundations to its unfinished present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Deep Foundation\u003c\/strong\u003e explores 65,000 years of First Nations culture, songlines and the ancient relationship between people and Country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Arrival\u003c\/strong\u003e traces the collision of two worlds on a harbour shore and the hundred years of conflict that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Bargain\u003c\/strong\u003e examines the deals, compromises and hard-won reforms that shaped a new nation, from federation to Medicare.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Continent\u003c\/strong\u003e takes readers across the extraordinary physical landscape, from Uluru and the outback to the Great Barrier Reef and the cities that surprise the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Soul\u003c\/strong\u003e uncovers the stories, myths and passions that hold Australians together, from Anzac to the outback myth to the sport that stops a nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Becoming\u003c\/strong\u003e asks the big unfinished question. Who is Australia still becoming, and what will your generation add to the argument?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers aged 10 to 16, this book combines storytelling with history, civics and geography to make complex ideas easy to understand without oversimplifying them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rahul Agrawal","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47883444486295,"sku":"9781764485036","price":1477.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781764485036.webp?v=1781101913","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/australia-the-young-oldest-country-25-ideas-that-made-australia-then-and-now-9781764485036","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}