A Time to Remember

Peter Luck, Random House Australia. This book is a remarkable record of the growth of a nation still young enough to remember it's own official birthday. It is a look at Australia's history over the last 200 years includes hundreds of photos.A TIME TO REMEMBER is the story of Australia since the first words were written about it.an astonishing kaleidoscope of people, places and events which helped to create the nation we know today.Here are some familiar myths and legends - heroic figures such as Bradman, Melba, Kingsford Smith and Phar Lap. Also we have some of the bit players of history.people like Issac Smith, the first man from Cook's Endeavour to place a footstep on the East Coast of the continent, and Pop Kaisler who built the first caravan. There are monumental events, murders and mysteries, along with stories such as the birth of the bikini, the deliberate death of our navy flagship and the riddle of Corio Villa in Victoria, certainly our biggest jigsaw. Lavishly illustrated with close to 1,000 pictures, ranging from the beautiful to the bizarre, and some even a little bold, A TIME TO REMEMBER truely is the story of Australia.…