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The Australians: insiders & outsiders on the national character since 1770
By J. B Hirst. 2007
John Hirst has assembled the key assessments of the national character of Australia and Australians. There are insiders and outsiders.…
There is celebration and criticism. There is the difference between what Australians think of themselves and what they are really like. Hirst provides a set of introductory essays to accompany his selections.Alice Springs (Cities)
By Eleanor Hogan. 2012
Alice Springs, Alice, The Alice, Mparntwe is the most talked about but least familiar place in Australia. It is a…
town of extremes and contradictions: searingly hot and bitterly cold, thousands of miles from anywhere, the heart of black Australia and the headquarters of the controversial NT Intervention. It's seen as a place where blokes are blokes, yet the town has a high lesbian population. It is the gateway to the red centre, but relatively few Australians have been there. Its striking landscape and modern facilities attract those looking for a desert change, yet it is a town where frontier conflicts still hold sway. Eleanor Hogan's Alice Springs reveals the texture of everyday life in this town through the passage of the local seasons.Easter Island: the mystery solved
By Thor Heyerdahl. 1989
Heyerdahl returns to Easter Island to try to unravel the mystery of the haunting statues that stud the ancient island…
and to prove that early man travelled further and faster than previously expected.Adelaide (Cities)
By Kerryn Goldsworthy. 2011
A painting, a frog cake, a landmark, a statue, a haunting newspaper photograph, a bucket of peaches, pink shorts in…
parliament, concert tickets, tourist maps. Kerryn Goldsworthy's Adelaide is a museum of sorts, a personal guide to the city through a collection of iconic objects.1901: Australian life at Federation : an illustrated chronicle
By Aedeen Cremin. 2000
Provides an account of the way in which Australians lived at the time of Federation and includes special information on…
topics such as : rural life in Australia; life in the cities; the lifestyle of the Chinese and other minority groups; and immigrants.Black kettle and full moon: daily life in a vanished Australia
By Geoffrey Blainey. 2003
Master storyteller Geoffrey Blainey takes the reader on another absorbing journey - a guided tour of a vanished Australia. Covering…
the years from the first gold rush to World War I. Blainey paints a fascinating picture of how our forebears lived - in the outback, in towns and cities, at sea and on land. He looks at all aspects of daily life, from billycans to brass bands, from ice-making to etiquette, from pipes to pubs.Tim Fischer's outback heroes: and communities that count
By Peter Rees, Tim Fischer. 2002
Coming from every corner of Australia, this collection of stories shows the never-say-die spirit of those who live in regional…
Australia; the people and communities who see opportunity and the chance for renewal where others see dust. The authors show that the 'have a go' spirit of the bush means adapting to the challenges of the new century with canny thinking, hard work and a refusal to give up.