Are any of these actually worth reading? Or are they the best

>>9940943
No

I went all the way through my undergraduate degree completely avoiding any literature or politics subjects which went anywhere near domestic issues or history. I just assumed that I had a pretty good handle on Australia as a whole and that it was all basically pretty dull. This was a mistake. It's always worth looking carefully at what's right in front of you, especially if you're going to be looking at it your whole life.

The Fatal Shore is excellent. It's quite long and probably not very well organised really but the scale is incredible. It will give you a real understanding of the origins of Australian culture, though obviously a lot has happened since the convicts. It is also just a well written historical account of a lot of deeply interesting people and events which, at least at my school, was relegated to the too-hard basket on account of the two-way racial violence and sodomy. Hughes doesn't shy away from making an argument or examining the unsavoury. He is a great writer.

>>9940943

Wake in Fright is a cult classic film, if the book is anywhere near as good its worth it.