LION AND THE KANGAROO. Australia: 1901-1919 The Rise of a Nation by Gavin Souter (Signed Copy)

Winner of the Colin Roderick Award

Lion & Kangaroo is one of Australia’s great works of history, a rich chronicle of the nation’s coming-of-age.

With intelligence, wisdom and wit, acclaimed historian Gavin Souter captures all the milestones of Australia’s first decades, from the constitutional conventions of the nineteenth century to the turbulent years that followed World War I. Painting unforgettable portraits of scores of the most fascinating participants, he traces a national character in evolution.

Profound and insightful, it is impossible to comprehend contemporary Australia without first reading Lion & Kangaroo.

Gavin Souter AO is the author of twelve works of non-fiction including A Peculiar People (1968), which won the Foundation of Australian Literary Studies award; Lion & Kangaroo (1976) which won the Colin Roderick Award; Company of Heralds (1981), which also won the Foundation for Australian Literary Studies award; and Heralds and Angels (1992), which won the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award. In 1960, Gavin won a Walkley Award; in 1988 he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM), and raised to Officer level (AO) in 1995; and in 2001 he was awarded the Centenary Medal. He lives in Sydney.