Collection: Reference

Compilation of facts about the people, entertainment, land, climate, places, animals, plants, science and technology of Australia. Over 2500 indexed entries. Attractively illustrated with over 800 colour photographs, maps and diagrams. Also includes a section on key dates in Australian history.

This book is for people who want to know how, or when, things began, where they came from, and when they started. And when they have a human origin, such as Ferrari cars, the name of the person who started it.

Traces technical discoveries and aesthetic developments alike and shows how amateurs and professionals have focused on every field of endeavor: art and architecture, portraiture, journalism, advertising and fashion, scientific research, and more.

An alphabetical compilation of brief entries, each including a photograph and a quote, of 500 rock acts, including musicians from other genres who have had a major influence on rock artists or enjoyed a significant crossover audience.

Topics covering many different scenarios, including school and home, leisure, eating and drinking, nature and travel. Learn to form and understand simple phrases with any prior knowledge of sign language.

This book denotes a prehistory of books and writing through the years and is brilliantly illustrated.