Collection: Reference

In order to move migrants from Britain, and displaced persons from Europe to Australia the IRO offered lucrative contracts, and many vessels never designed to carry passengers, or travel vast distances, were quickly refitted with austere accommodation...

Compiled by the Society as an aid to dating old photographs. Data from motoring organisations and RTA's (and equivalent) of most of the Australian states.

The ultimate guide to contemporary Australian English, this is a major revision of the most authoritative Australian Dictionary written for all Australians

Each artist is accorded twelve pages of reproductions and an essay by a recognised authority on Australian art. The essays provide diverse views and insights. [Jacket]

Explores the vitality of contemporary Australian painting as it enters the 21st century. Profiles the work of eighty significant artists whose approach to painting, in diferent ways, helps to define the times in which we live [Jacket]