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Product Description Australia is on the brink of momentous change, but only if its citizens and politicians can come to new terms with the past. In this inspiring essay, Mark McKenna considers the role of history in making and unmaking the nation. From Captain Cook to the frontier wars, from Australia Day to the Uluru Statement, we are seeing fresh debates and recognitions. McKenna argues that it is time to move beyond the history wars and that truth-telling about the past will be liberating and healing. This is an urgent essay about a nation's moment of truth. About the Author Mark McKenna is one of Australia's leading historians. He has written several highly acclaimed books, including From the Edge- Australia's Lost Histories, An Eye for Eternity- The Life of Manning Clarkand Looking for Blackfellas' Point- An Australian History of Place.