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Australian History

This Whispering in Our Hearts by Henry Reynolds

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June 1998, no. 201

This Whispering in Our Hearts by Henry Reynolds

Allen & Unwin, $17.95 pb, 284 pp

Australian History

This Whispering in Our Hearts by Henry Reynolds

by •
June 1998, no. 201

I remember a conversation a year or so ago with an Australian scholar who had recently returned after a stint in Europe and was astonished to hear colleagues refer to Henry Reynolds as a ‘populariser’ and not true historian. I’ve heard it myself. Now that Reynolds has become a full-time writer we can expect to hear it more often. All of which goes a long way toward explaining why academic history is in decline.

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Cassandra Pybus

Cassandra Pybus is an independent scholar and prizewinning author of twelve books of nonfiction, published in Australia, USA, Canada, and Britain. Her most recent book is Truganini: Journey through the apocalypse (Allen and Unwin).

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