Collection: Reference

Ancient Olympic Games - Baron de Coubertin - 1896 Athens - 1900 Paris - 1904 St Louis - 1906 Interim Games - 1908 London - 1912 Stockholm - 1920 Antwerp - 1924 Paris - 1928 Amsterdam - 1932 Los Angeles - 1936 Berlin - 1948 London - 1952 Helsinki

With more than 600 illustrations drawn from major herbaria and museums in both Europe and Australia, the book provides an overview of the way in which Australia's plants have been depicted over three centuries.

An introduction to this vast land (4000 kilometres east to west, 3200 kilometres north to south), its history and people as seen from the perspective of where to stay and visit and what each destination has to offer the visitor.

Photographs of early settlement, suppression of the Aborigines, convict times, gold rushes, exploration, growth of transport and farming, towns and cities, bosses and unions, war and politics.

Over 50 buildings, from private dwellings to public monuments, and includes many award-winning projects that have helped shape the energetic state of Australian design today.