Craig Cormick

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About The Author

Dr Craig Cormick OAM is an award-winning author and science communicator. He has published many more books than he has children and grandchildren (and he has four and three of those respectively). He was born on Dharawal Country – Wollongong – and has lived in the Blue Mountains and Queensland. He currently lives on Ngunnawal land in Canberra. He has been Chair of the ACT Writers Centre, co-host of the literary podcast Secrets from the Green Room, and has edited several magazines and books. He is drawn to stories of people whose voices have been hidden from history. Find him at wwwcraigcormick.com

Books by Craig Cormick

Warra Warra Wai

How Indigenous Australians discovered Captain Cook, and what they tell about the coming of the Ghost People

By Darren Rix and Craig Cormick

Shortlisted for the Queensland Literary Awards, Work of State Significance and The University of Queensland Non-Fiction Book Award
Shortlisted for the 2025 Prime Minister’s Literary Awards, Australian History
Winner of the 2025 NSW History Award, Australian History Prize...

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The What If Histories of Australia

Gold Rush: Going Gold Crazy

By Craig Cormick
An amusing look at the alternative paths that Australian history might have taken in Australia's Gold Rush.

The What If histories of Australia imagines a very different history of Australia, where the unexpected happens in unexpected ways. Starting by defining the real histories, the book ...
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