Download or read book A Short History of Australia written by Manning Clark and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 1992 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reissue of the 1986 revised and illustrated edition of the 1963 title which takes the story of Australia up to 1986. Chapters cover Aborigines and the 200 years of white settlement in an often controversial narrative. Clark also wrote the six-volume TA History of Australia'. Includes notes and an index.