The Rise And Fall Of Australia
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Rise And Fall Of Australia The
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Author : Nick Bryant
language : en
Publisher: Random House Australia
Release Date : 2015
Rise And Fall Of Australia The written by Nick Bryant and has been published by Random House Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.
A forensic look at the Lucky Country, from the inside and outside. Never before has Australia enjoyed such economic, commercial, diplomatic and cultural clout. Its recession-proof economy is the envy of the world. It's the planet's great lifestyle superpower. Its artistic exports win unprecedented acclaim. But never before has its politics been so brutal, narrow and facile, as well as being such a global laughing stock. A positive national story is at odds with a deeply unattractive Canberra story. The country should be enjoying The Australian Moment, so vividly described by the best-selling author George Megalogenis. But that description may turn out to be inadvertently precise. It could end up being just that: a fleeting moment. At present the country seems to be in speedy regression, with the nation's leaders, on both sides, mired in relatively small problems, such as the arrival of boat people, rather than mapping out a larger and more inspiring national future. In The Rise and Fall of Australia, BBC correspondent and author Nick Bryant offers an outsider's take on the great paradox of modern-day Australian life: of how the country has got richer at a time when its politics have become more impoverished. In this thoroughly entertaining and thought-provoking book, dealing with politics, racism, sexism, the country's place in the region and the world, culture and sport, the author argues that Australia needs to discard the out-dated language used to describe itself, to push back against Lucky Country thinking, to celebrate how the cultural creep has replaced the cultural cringe and to stop negatively typecasting itself. Rejecting most of the national stereotypes, Nick Bryant sets out to describe the new Australia rather than the mythic country so often misunderstood not just by foreigners but Australians themselves.
The Rise And Fall Of Marvellous Melbourne
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Author : Graeme Davison
language : en
Publisher: Carlton [Australia] : Melbourne University Press
Release Date : 1978
The Rise And Fall Of Marvellous Melbourne written by Graeme Davison and has been published by Carlton [Australia] : Melbourne University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978 with Melbourne categories.
Explores the economic development of Melbourne, 1880-1900.
A Coveted Possession
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Author : Michael Atherton
language : en
Publisher: Black Inc.
Release Date : 2018-07-02
A Coveted Possession written by Michael Atherton and has been published by Black Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-02 with Music categories.
The intriguing cultural history of the piano in Australia From the instruments that floated ashore at Sydney Cove in the late eighteenth century to the resurrection of derelict heirlooms in the streets of twenty-first-century Melbourne, A Coveted Possession tells the curious story of Australia’s intimate and intrepid relationship with the piano. It charts the piano’s fascinating adventures across Australia – on the goldfields, at the frontlines of war, in the manufacturing hubs of the Federation era, and in the hands of the makers, entrepreneurs, teachers and virtuosos of the twentieth history – to illuminate the many worlds in which the ivories were tinkled. Before electricity brought us the gramophone, the radio and eventually the TV, the piano was central to family and community life. With its iron frame, polished surfaces and ivory keys, an upright piano in the home was a modern industrial machine, a musical instrument and a treasured member of the household, conveying powerful messages about class, education, leisure, national identity and intergenerational history. ‘Michael Atherton cleverly weaves visual, sensual and sonic elements into the piano’s sociocultural history, adding a rich layer to our knowledge of the piano in Australia.’ —Professor Julia Horne, historian
The Rise And Fall Of The Australian Democrats
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Author : Bev Floyd
language : en
Publisher: Boolarong Press
Release Date : 2014-11-20
The Rise And Fall Of The Australian Democrats written by Bev Floyd and has been published by Boolarong Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-11-20 with Religion categories.
This book is the account of a Democrat insider; one who was both a woman and a Queensland President. Its focus on Queensland makes very interesting reading for those of us who shared the experiences.
The Australian Disease
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Author : Richard Flanagan
language : en
Publisher: Black Inc.
Release Date : 2015-09-23
The Australian Disease written by Richard Flanagan and has been published by Black Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-23 with Social Science categories.
Non-freedom to the Western mind is inevitably linked with images of backwardness – Soviet tractors, East German Trabants, Kim Jong Il’s haircut. But non-freedom these days is also iPads, iPhones and a dazzling array of less iconic but ubiquitous consumer goods that flood our stores, our homes and which increasingly are used to define our ideas of worth and happiness. It is a full-lipped smile achieved with the aid of collagen made from skin flensed from dead Chinese convicts. The Australian Disease is Richard Flanagan’s perceptive, hilarious, searing exposé of the conformity that afflicts our public life. From Weary Dunlop to Vassily Grossman, from David Hicks to Craig Thomson, Flanagan takes us on a wildly entertaining and unsettling trip. If we are to find hope, he says, we must take our compass more from ourselves and less from the powerful.
The Rise And Fall Of Australian Socialism
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Author : Joshua Timothy Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006-01-01
The Rise And Fall Of Australian Socialism written by Joshua Timothy Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-01-01 with Socialism categories.
Join us on a journey through the theories and ideas of various philsophers and economists. Explore how these ideas affected Australia over time and see how the socialist economy and state developed in Australia and how and why it ultimately collapsed.
The Story Of Australia S People
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Author : GEOFFREY. BLAINEY
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020-10-20
The Story Of Australia S People written by GEOFFREY. BLAINEY and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-20 with categories.
The Hitler Club
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Author : Gary Gumpl
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
The Hitler Club written by Gary Gumpl and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with German Australians categories.
An examination of the situation of the German-descended population in and around Adelaide and the Barossa before, during and after the Second World War, with particular attention paid to the life and story of Johannes Becker, who was an organiser for the Nazi Party in Australia, and was interred during and deported after the war.
There Goes The Neighbourhood
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Author : Michael Wesley
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2011
There Goes The Neighbourhood written by Michael Wesley and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Political Science categories.
For the first time in history, Australia will be uncomfortably close to the designs and demarches of competing great powers. In the years ahead, we will no longer be too small to make a difference. In his book, Wesley points to the key economic and political issues that we need to be considering right now, as a western country geographically and economically tied to Asia, and urgently calls for a renewed public engagement and debate.
Boganaire
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Author : Paddy Manning
language : en
Publisher: Black Inc.
Release Date : 2013-11-18
Boganaire written by Paddy Manning and has been published by Black Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-18 with Technology & Engineering categories.
From blue collar to billionaire ... Hunter Valley mine electrician Nathan Tinkler borrowed big in 2005, made a fortune from several speculative coal plays, and by 2011 was a self-made billionaire. He had gambled and won, but his volatility and reluctance to pay his debts were making him enemies. He lived the high life as only a young man would, buying luxury homes, private jets, sports cars and football teams, and splurging massively to build a horseracing empire. But Tinkler’s dreams had extended beyond even his resources, and his business model worked only in a rising market. When coal prices slumped in 2012, Tinkler had no cash flow to service his massive borrowings and no allies to help him recover. Within months he was trying desperately to stave off his creditors, large and small, and fighting to save his businesses and his fortune. In this impressive new biography, leading business writer Paddy Manning tells the story of Tinkler’s meteoric rise to wealth, and captures the drama of his equally rapid downfall.