Dynasties

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Abc Books
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 2003
Edition: Reprint

Description: 265 pages. Book is in general good condition. There is some light reading wear present, but still a presentable copy.

Publishers Description: Australia is supposed to be a democratic society without dynastic ambition. Yet since European settlement more than two hundred years ago, certain ambitious families have achieved wealth and influence: though in some cases their histories are chequered. The Macarthurs, for instance, leaders in establishing Australias fine wool industry, have seen their influence dwindle; the Duracks, who became rich when they opened up the Kimberley to cattle, did not maintain their fortunes. But the Downers, Myers, De Bortolis and Murdochs have survived and prospered. Julie Browning and Laurie Critchley trace the history of each of these families, and in the process write Australian history in a new way.

ISBN: 9780733310683