History
Judith Brett’s ‘The Enigmatic Mr Deakin’ is a skilful portrait of Australia’s second prime minister
Thirty years on, what should we make of Bruce Chatwin’s song to the songlines?
The descendants of Australia’s “Afghan” cameleers get together in remote South Australia
James Boyce’s ‘Losing Streak’ investigates how one family came to rule the state’s poker-machine industry
The State Library of Victoria has acquired one of Australia’s finest collections of literary papers
Mark McKenna’s ‘From the Edge’ tells four fascinating stories of Aboriginal and settler interaction through the history of place
The third volume in ASIO’s official history confirms infiltration by Soviet intelligence
Philippe Sands’ ‘East West Street’ mixes memoir, biography and thriller to explain the origins of ‘crimes against humanity’ and ‘genocide’
Tom Griffiths’ ‘The Art of Time Travel’ is a thoughtful look at some of Australia’s most prominent historians
Nobel Prize–winning journalist Svetlana Alexievich brings together an extraordinarily diverse group of Russian voices
