Collection: Reference

Herb Elliott - Shane Gould - Michelle Ford - Betty Cuthbert- Dawn Fraser - Frank Beaurepaire - Ron Clarke

All decorations, medals and awards with descriptions and values to Australians, covering Imperial as well as new Australian ones which were first introduced in 1975. There is also a section included on State awards.

Chronology of Australian history 1788-1984; timelines of Aboriginal exploration; historical gazetteer by region, including origin of place names.

Aimed at secondary school students, this gives a general account of traditional culture - sacred, material and social; contact history and contemporary issues; includes an appendix on the Wiradjuri with a wordlist and songs; contemporary poems especially the work of Kevin Gilbert.