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The Eighties: The Decade that Transformed Australia (Hardcover, Ed)
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The Eighties: The Decade that Transformed Australia (Hardcover, Ed)
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It was the era of Hawke and Keating, Kylie and INXS, the America's
Cup and the Bicentenary. It was perhaps the most controversial
decade in Australian history, with high-flying entrepreneurs
booming and busting, torrid debates over land rights and
immigration, the advent of AIDS, a harsh recession and the rise of
the New Right. It was a time when Australians fought for social
change - on union picket lines, at rallies for women's rights and
against nuclear weapons, and as part of a new environmental
movement. And then there were the episodes that left many
scratching their heads- Joh for Canberra ...the Australia Card
...Cliff Young. In The Eighties, Frank Bongiorno brings all this
and more to life. He uncovers forgotten stories - of factory
workers proud of their skills who found themselves surplus to
requirements; of Vietnamese families battling to make new lives for
themselves in the suburbs. He sheds new light on 'both the ordinary
and extraordinary things that happened to Australia and Australians
during this liveliest of decades'. The Eighties is contemporary
history at its best. 'Frank Bongiorno has successfully negotiated
the minefield of Australia's political egos to write the definitive
account of an inspired, infuriating decade.' George Megalogenis
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