Stirring Australian Speeches: Definitive Collection from Botany to Bali - Hardcover

Cathcart, Michael; Darian-Smith, Kate

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0522846815 ISBN 13: 9780522846812

Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

Capturing the essence of formative moments in Australian history, this collection of public addresses and speeches—from impassioned Parliamentary harangues to succinct and pithy one-liners—provides fresh glimpses into Australian society, culture, and people.

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About the Author

Michael Cathcart is a senior research fellow at the Australian Center, University of Melbourne. He has presented Arts Today and the Famous Radio National Quiz on ABC Radio National. He is the author of Defending the National Tuckshop and an abridgement of Manning Clark's six-volume classic A History of Australia. Kate Darian-Smith is the director of the Australian Center and a teacher in the history department at the University of Melbourne. She is the author and editor of several books including Memory and History in Twentieth-Century Australia and On the Home Front.

About this edition

• Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0522846815
• ISBN 13: 9780522846812
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 400