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Oxford Book of Australian Letters
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This outstanding volume is the first historical anthology of Australian letters
The editors show that from the first days of European settlement to the dynamic age of e-mail Australians have always relied on letters
There are 200 letters, from all kinds of Australians, including public figures, artists, writers, soldiers, convicts
The contents are variously poignant and amusing, but always entertaining
There are letters from Ethel Malley to Max Harris, John Kerr to Gough Whitlam, Lloyd Rees to Brett Whitely and Patrick White to Father Christmas.
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The Birth of Sydney
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In this book Tim Flannery discovers through the words of eyewitnesses, how Sydney started life in a storm in 1788 and through the next 100 years grew into one of the world's great cities.
In this wonderful book we hear the voices of Arthur Phillips, Surgeon John White, Charles Darwin, Anthony Trollope. Nat Gould, Mark Twain and a host of others as they give their account of how a dump for convicts, built on one of the world's most spectacular harbours, grew into a thriving metropolis.
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