{"product_id":"waves-of-plenty","title":"Waves of Plenty","description":"\u003cp\u003ePublisher's description:\u003cbr\u003eThe definitive story of how immigration made Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eMany Australians can trace family journeys to new lives in Australia. In this landmark work, Mark Cully tells the full story of immigration to Australia, from pre-colonial origins through colonisation, the gold rushes, the post-war immigration boom, the end of the White Australia policy, and the modern era of unbound temporary migration.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eRigorously researched, the book dismantles persistent myths, gives human faces to statistics, and maps the forces that transformed a distant colony into one of the world’s most diverse societies. Cully traces how immigration has changed Australia, making it bigger, younger, richly diverse, less provincial and more powerful.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eThis is essential reading for anyone who wants to understand where Australia came from, the fraught politics of immigration, and lessons for the future.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Mark Cully\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher: Black Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback,\/p\u0026gt;\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePages: 400\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003ePublished: 22 September 2026\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9781760645410\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Shop at Old Parliament House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53399439474999,"sku":"9781760645410","price":40.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0839\/9559\/0967\/files\/File-8469_medium_9d0a8cc1-cf0c-4a5e-b14b-c81ee6a6edc0.png?v=1792733978","url":"https:\/\/shop.moadoph.gov.au\/products\/waves-of-plenty","provider":"The Shop at Old Parliament House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}