What If? Australian History as It Might Have Been

Providing a play on actual historical events versus possible ones, this fascinating volume asks leading Australian historians to wonder what might be if key episodes in Australia's past had turned out differently. Re-imagining Australia's environment, race relations, art, political life, and national identity, this title poses such questions asWhat if France had colonized part of Australia in the 18th century?What if the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps had played only a minor role in the Gallipoli landing in World War I?andWhat if Aborigines had been granted citizenship much earlier?

Stuart Macintyre is the Ernest Scott Professor of History and a laureate professor at the University of Melbourne. He is the author of several titles, including A Colonial Liberalism, A History for a Nation, and The Oxford History of Australia. Sean Scalmer is a sociology lecturer at Macquarie University. He is the author of Australian Unionism and Dissent Events.