Who we are
Subtitle: a miscellany of the new Australia
By: David Dale
Contributors: Dale, David
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Crows Nest, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 166
ISBN-13: 9781741147902
Subjects: Australian National characteristics; Social life and customs; Economic conditions; History; Economic history; Manners and customs
Description: A complete miscellany of Australia brought up-to-date with our modern world.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The bits that make us; title: First glance; title: How many of us; title: This year; title: Comparisons: then and now; title: Comparisons: them and us; title: Comparisons: men and women; title: What's wrong with us; title: How we feel; title: What Australians believe; title: Wealth for toil; title: 2. A potted history; title: Our timeline; title: 3. Peculiarly ours; title: Symbols; title: Australian values; title: How we speak; title: Firsts; title: The most...; title: World records; title: Icons: physical; title: Icons: cultural; title: Created there, embraced here; title: Made here, embraced there; title: Mysteries; title: Creatures we love; title: Creatures we hate; title: Creatures in danger of extinction; title: Creatures renamed; title: Heavy dates; title: 4. It's been said of us ...; title: Australia's most inspiring speeches; title: 5. The things we like; title: Favourite flicks; title: Money-making Australian films; title: Top telly; title: Most successful Australian series; title: Top-selling DVDs of all time; title: Mighty music; title: ARIA Hall of Fame; title: Best songs about us; title: The [whole] national anthem; title: Sporting spectacles; title: What we read; title: Poems; title: Best-loved brands; title: A day in the life; title: Our most interesting restaurants (2006); title: Our media moments; title: 6. Our kind of people; title: Stirrers; title: Investigators; title: Communicators; title: Helpers; title: Entertainers; title: Politicians; title: Artists; title: Pioneers of the new Australia.