“Did America’s Revolution spur Australia’s colonisation?” Professor Colin Calloway on ABC Late Night Australia

Professors Colin Calloway (Dartmouth) and Kate Fullagar (ACU) add global history context to the United States 250th anniversary, on ABC Late Night Live presented by David Marr for ABC Radio National Australia. 


"Did America's Revolution spur Australia's colonisation?"

ABC Late Night Radio National Australia, presented by David Marr

As the US celebrates 250 years since its Declaration of Independence, what links can we draw between America's Revolution and Australia's colonisation? Plus, the 'Indian' world of George Washington: founding father and aggressive land speculator.

 
Professors Colin Calloway (Dartmouth) and Kate Fullagar (ACU) add global history context to the United States 250th anniversary, on ABC Late Night Live presented by David Marr for ABC Radio National Australia. Calloway is the author of The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation (Oxford University Press, 2018).

 

 
ABC Late Night Live Colin Calloway

https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/latenightlive/usa-250-america-revolution-australia-colonisation/106793816

 

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