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BOOK 1963 The Ampol Book of Australiana see details below
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As Sidney J. Baker says in his Preface, this book is filled with Australian ‘firsts’ . . . with basic facts . . . with records . . . with curiosities. It does not claim to be complete, but as a book of references it reflects the distinguishing peculiarities of our country and her people.
It will undoubtedly be called on to settle arguments in homes, in offices, in pubs, on racecourses – wherever Australians gather – and much of its content will astonish people overseas.
For those at school it will be a grand source of reference, stimulating them to specialised study.
The book is the harvest from 30 years’ garnering by one of Australia’s most versatile writers (his published works include eight books, ranging from linguistics and biography to what he calls “a sort of a novel”). Over that period Sidney J.Baker accumulated (“bower-birded” if you like) thousands of facts relating to the settlement of the Continent and its formative years down to the present day.
The author’s first selection is in this volume, reinforced by a section on Sport compiled by Geoff Allen. Whether your interests lie principally in Melbourne Cup statistics, in the realms of literature, drama and music, in sheep and cattle, industry or commerce, history or the professions, you will find many surprising facts here about the Australian scene.
This book is a tour de force, illuminating with its “annals and oddities” and uniqueness of the great land in which we live.
Pick up Nedlands
As Sidney J. Baker says in his Preface, this book is filled with Australian ‘firsts’ . . . with basic facts . . . with records . . . with curiosities. It does not claim to be complete, but as a book of references it reflects the distinguishing peculiarities of our country and her people.
It will undoubtedly be called on to settle arguments in homes, in offices, in pubs, on racecourses – wherever Australians gather – and much of its content will astonish people overseas.
For those at school it will be a grand source of reference, stimulating them to specialised study.
The book is the harvest from 30 years’ garnering by one of Australia’s most versatile writers (his published works include eight books, ranging from linguistics and biography to what he calls “a sort of a novel”). Over that period Sidney J.Baker accumulated (“bower-birded” if you like) thousands of facts relating to the settlement of the Continent and its formative years down to the present day.
The author’s first selection is in this volume, reinforced by a section on Sport compiled by Geoff Allen. Whether your interests lie principally in Melbourne Cup statistics, in the realms of literature, drama and music, in sheep and cattle, industry or commerce, history or the professions, you will find many surprising facts here about the Australian scene.
This book is a tour de force, illuminating with its “annals and oddities” and uniqueness of the great land in which we live.
- Date Listed:24/02/2024
- Last Edited:24/02/2024
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