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Australia 19012001: A Narrative History
Andrew Tink
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Description for Australia 19012001: A Narrative History
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; HBJM; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 37. Weight in Grams: 634.
‘So tightly packed were the crowds lining Sydney’s streets on 1 January 1901 that they resembled a dense well-tended hedge. Early morning showers had followed a thunderstorm the previous evening and many carried umbrellas as they waited for the procession. Planning for this New Year’s Day had been going on in earnest for about three and a half months, after Queen Victoria had declared it to be the day upon which the Commonwealth of Australia would come into being.’
Andrew Tink’s superb book tells the story of Australia in the 20th century, from Federation to the Sydney 2000 Olympics. ... Read more
‘So tightly packed were the crowds lining Sydney’s streets on 1 January 1901 that they resembled a dense well-tended hedge. Early morning showers had followed a thunderstorm the previous evening and many carried umbrellas as they waited for the procession. Planning for this New Year’s Day had been going on in earnest for about three and a half months, after Queen Victoria had declared it to be the day upon which the Commonwealth of Australia would come into being.’
Andrew Tink’s superb book tells the story of Australia in the 20th century, from Federation to the Sydney 2000 Olympics. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of New South Wales Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
458
Place of Publication
Sydney, NSW, Australia
ISBN
9781742234083
SKU
V9781742234083
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Andrew Tink
Andrew Tink was a member of the NSW Legislative Assembly from 1988–2007. He is the author ofAir Disaster Canberra (2013), Lord Sydney: The life and times of Tommy Townshend (2011), and William Charles Wentworth: Australia’s greatest native son (2009), which won the CAL Waverley Award for Literature (‘The Nib’).
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