Stop laughing, this is serious! : a social history of Australia in cartoons
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With about 500 drawings the cartoonists illustrate how Australia's fortunes have ebbed and flowed, between good times and bad: how each generation has had its cross to bear and its fruits to pick; and how we have developed as a nation.
Main title:
Stop laughing, this is serious! : a social history of Australia in cartoons / by Jonathan King
Author:
Imprint:
Stanmore N.S.W. Cassell Australia
Collation:
223pages illustrations
Contents:
Ch.1. Farewell to Old England Forever, 1776-1809 -- Ch.2. Bound down by iron chains 1810-1868 -- Ch.3. Wild colonial boys 1869-1900 -- Ch.4. One People: One Prejudice 1901-1913 -- Ch. 5. What did you do in the Great War Daddy? 1914-1918 -- Ch.6. When Dad and Dave were down and out 1919-1938 -- Ch. 7. Behind the Brisbane Line 1939-1946 -- Ch. 8. Striking it rich 1947-1967 -- Ch.9. Life wasn't meant to be easy 1968-1978
ISBN:
0726947091 (hbk)
Dewey class:
994 STO
Local class:
994
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
77060
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 994 STO | Available |