The first, comprehensive history of Australia, The Oxford Companion to Australian History sold over 10,000 copies in its first edition. This thoroughly revised edition includes several new entries such as the 2000 Olympic Games and Reconciliation. Many of the entries on people, institutions and society have been revised to take in to account recent scholarship and developments.

This edition also brings the bibliographical citations, which are a key feature of the book, completely up to date. Maintaining the easy to use A-Z format with full cross-referencing and subject index, this revised edition will take its place amongst the classic reference works of this country.

Preface

Directory of Contributors

Style Notes

Alphabetical Entries

Subject Index

Edited by Graeme Davison , Professor of History, Monash University, Australia.

John Hirst , Reader in History, La Trobe University, Australia.

Stuart Macintyre , Ernest Scott Professor of History, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Graeme Davison is Professor of History at Monash University, Australia, and is perhaps best known as the author of The Rise an Fall of Marvellous Melbourne, published in 1979. John Hirst is Reader of History at La Trobe University, Australia, and he is the author of many major histories (see Books by the same author, below). Stuart Macintyre is Ernest Scott Professor of History, University of Melbourne, Australia. He is co-editor of the Australia series and author of The Succeeding Age (Volume 4 in the Series), which won the Victoria Premier's Award.

Review from previous edition:

'a book which will be consulted for decades to come and which every educated household should possess'' - Roger Hainsworth, Adelaide Review