Collection: Reference

Looks at the 1990s in detail, focusing on the major changes that occurred in the environment, republican movement, transport, communications, health, food, sport, entertainment, fashions and prime ministers, and the effects they had on Australian lives.

From the Sydney Opera House and the National Gallery of Victoria to sought-after homes across the country, the pervasive presence of modernism is inescapable in Australia. Led by the likes of Robin Boyd, Harry Seidler and Walter Burley Griffin, modernist architects and designers set out to rebuil...

How the exotic, often forbidding environments of Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania evolved; how human civilization affected that evolution; and how humanity is threatening - and preserving - the ecological stability and diversity of the area.

More than a comprehensive history, this volume is a colourful, insightful and affectionate portrait of Australian cricket. A selection of Australia's best writers share their thoughts on different aspects of the game and its place in our national culture

Australia's tallest trees, deepest gorges, highest mountains, longest rivers, greatest earthquakes, straightest roads, hottest towns, driest localities, stongest winds, longest cliffs, oldest buildings, remotest towns, highest raillway stations, and more