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"I can think of no single work more...' important than Sacred Places... I would nominate The Dead, a section of Chapter 4, as one of the best pieces of historical writing in our literature.' (Professor Paul (Bourke, Historical Studies, ANU Sacred Places is the Australian history I' have always longed to read... a cultural history rich in humour and insight about the reverence at the heart of a very irreverent country.' (Jill Ker Conway, author of The (Road from Coorain Ken Inglis has the grand storyteller's' knack. He is a meticulous historian, but also one quite unafraid of the sacred or metaphysical implications of his subject. This is a rare book.' (Morag Fraser, Editor, (Eureka Street This magnificently produced book represents' a lifetime's thought and research.' (Imprints (Guide, Adelaide Review, December 1998 With the best works of non-fiction, one' always wonders: why has nobody written this book before? Such is the case with Sacred Places... This is an important and necessary book.' (Gideon Haigh and Mark Davis, Age,

"Sacred Places" spans war, religion, politics, language and the visual arts. Ken Inglis has distilled new cultural understandings from a familiar landscape.