The Australia Book: The Portrait of a Nation by Our Greatest Writers

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This unique collection of poetry and prose provides an authentic portrait of Australia.

These authors capture its modern urban civilisation and its timeless outback, its distinctive humour and its sentiment, its people and the events which have shaped our history and literary traditions.

The kaleidoscope of characters and places from life and literature brings the reader to a more perceptive understanding of this great land of contrasts, with its arid wastes and
tropical rain forests, desolate centre and peripherally-situated towns and cities.

A deeper comprehension of the Australian character, the national ways of life and
thought, is provided by evocative vignettes of the men and women who have populated
the nation's past — the explorers, pioneers, bushrangers, folk heroes, politicians,
writers, artists, sportsmen and women.

This volume is a remarkable collection of memorable literature, an entertaining and truly great book of Australia.