{"product_id":"moment-of-truth-qe69-by-mark-mckenna-copy","title":"Moment of Truth; QE69 by Mark McKenna","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"docs-internal-guid-9952c342-efd3-cacb-4813-4615b8ee8aba\"\u003eAustralia is on the brink of momentous change, but only if our citizens and politicians can come to new terms with the past.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"docs-internal-guid-9952c342-efd3-cacb-4813-4615b8ee8aba\"\u003eIn this inspiring essay, Mark McKenna considers the role of history in making and unmaking the nation. From Captain Cook to the frontier wars, from Australia Day to the Uluru Statement, we are seeing passionate debates and fresh recognitions. \u003c\/span\u003eMcKenna argues that it is time to move beyond the history wars, and that truth-telling about the past will be liberating and healing. This is a superb account of a nation’s moment of truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan id=\"docs-internal-guid-9952c342-efd3-cacb-4813-4615b8ee8aba\"\u003e“The time for pitting white against black, shame against pride, and one people’s history against another’s, has had its day. After nearly fifty years of deeply divisive debates over the country’s foundation and its legacy for Indigenous Australians, Australia stands at a crossroads – we either \u003c\/span\u003emake the commonwealth stronger and more complete through an honest reckoning with the past, or we unmake the nation by clinging to triumphant narratives in which the violence inherent in the nation’s foundation is trivialised.”—\u003cspan id=\"docs-internal-guid-9952c342-efd3-cacb-4813-4615b8ee8aba\"\u003eMark McKenna, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMoment of Truth\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCorrespondence discussing Quarterly Essay 69, \u003cem\u003eMoment of Truth\u003c\/em\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/content\/correspondence-megan-davis\"\u003eMegan Davis\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-michael-cooney\"\u003eMichael Cooney\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\t\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.quarterlyessay.com.au\/correspondence\/correspondence-russell-marks\"\u003eRussel Marks\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\r\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n","brand":"QE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44601129894023,"sku":"9781760640507-POD-QE","price":29.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0313\/7211\/6103\/products\/qe69_moment_of_truth_online_a32f4652-cde4-4b53-baa1-6adbf63b4532.jpg?v=1625796766","url":"https:\/\/shop.schwartzbooks.com.au\/products\/moment-of-truth-qe69-by-mark-mckenna-copy","provider":"Schwartz Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}