Collection: Reference

Looks at the 1940s in detail, focusing on the major changes that occurred such as war, transport, communications, health, food, sport, entertainment, fashions and prime ministers, and the effects they had on Australian lives. Includes timeline.

Looks at the 1950s in detail, focusing on the major changes that occurred in immigration, transport, communications, health, food, sport, entertainment, fashions and prime ministers, and the effects they had on Australian lives. Includes timeline.

Looks at the 1960s in detail, focusing on the major changes that occurred such as war, transport, communications, health, food, sport, entertainment, fashions and prime ministers, and the effects they had on Australian lives. Includes timeline.

Looks at the 1970s in detail, focusing on the major changes that occurred such as women's rights, transport, communications, health, food, sport, entertainment, fashions and prime ministers, and the effects they had on Australian lives. Includes timeline.

Looks at the 1980s in detail, focusing on the major changes that occurred such as environment, transport, communications, jobs, health, food, sport, entertainment, fashions and prime ministers, and the effects they had on Australian lives. Includes timeline.

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.