Praise for Australians: Eureka to the Diggers

‘. . . written with some gusto, and with glee . . .’
— Geoffrey Blainey, Weekend Australian

‘. . . what this book does is populate the blankness of our collective memory with lots of characters from all parts of the continent and all walks of life.’
— Saturday Age

‘. . . giving us what Australian history has desperately needed for years.’
— Canberra Times

‘This book is just as engaging as the first volume, and once again Keneally proves he charts events skilfully and paints characters with flair.’
— The Week

‘Reading the book is like listening to a witty raconteur.’
— Adelaide Advertiser

Praise for Australians: Origins to Eureka

‘When it comes to writing page-turning narrative no one does it better than Thomas Keneally . . . no doubt about it, Australians is a corker.’
— Cassandra Pybus, Weekend Australian

‘. . . the story of Australia and the Australians could be in no better hands than Keneally’s.’
— West Australian

‘Keneally evokes these distant lives with concrete detail and vivid sympathy . . . his people inhabit the same world we do—we meet them without the hesitation of reaching across voids of space and time.’
— Marian Quartly, Sydney Morning Herald

‘[Australians] will appeal to the general reader and the avid historian alike, and this is only the first volume. This reader can’t wait for the second.’
— Bookseller + Publisher

‘Volume one of Australians builds a sense of historical wonder.’
— Stephen Wilks, Canberra Times

‘This new perspective on Australia’s founding fathers is truly fascinating.’
— Sandy McCutcheon, Courier-Mail