Stirring Australian Speeches - The Definitive Collection, from Botany to Bali (Hardcover)

"Stirring Australian Speeches" is the definitive collection of speeches and public addresses from Australian public life. Politicians, scientists, judges, explorers, artists, the famous and the infamous, comment on the great issues and figures of their day. The speakers range from Governor Arthur Phillip to Sir William Deane, Louisa Lawson to Germaine Greer, Peter Lalor to Pauline Hanson. The subjects stretch from white settlement to the Mabo decision, Eureka to Gallipoli, the banning of the Communist Party to the 2002 bombing in Bali, the art of Sheffield Shield cricket in the nineteenth century to the state of arts funding in recent times.

General

Imprint:	Melbourne University Press
Country of origin:	Australia
Release date:	November 2004
First published:	April 2005
Editors:	Michael Cathcart • Kate Darian-Smith
Dimensions:	246 x 163 x 34mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	400
ISBN-13:	978-0-522-84681-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General Books > Humanities > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General Books > History > Australasian & Pacific history > General
LSN:	0-522-84681-5
Barcode:	9780522846812

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