Honouring a Nation: A History of Australia's Honours System

by Karen Fox

The first detailed history of imperial and national honours in Australia, Honouring a Nation tells the story of the honours system's transformation from instrument of imperial unity to national institution. From the extension of British honours to colonial Australasia in the nineteenth century, through to Tony Abbott's revival of knighthoods in the twenty-first, this book explains how the system has worked, traces the arguments of its supporters and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1760465003
• ISBN13: 9781760465001
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Anu Press
• Length: 298 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.2"