ISSN 1039-3498 | no. 42 | December 1999
Speaking Of Us: Voices from Twentieth-Century Australia
Selected and introduced by Barry York and published by the National Library of Australia
Echoes from the earliest years of the century mingle with the voices of contemporary Australia in this selection of excerpts from the Oral History Collection of the National Library
The selection represents a distilled view of our country in this century, with glimpses of everyday life and major eve
of Australia. Humour and drama, sport, culture, politics and the media, work and leisure are all represented. There are stories of life from remote properties; there are comments on society and government policies; there are anecdotes and opinions.
nts through the words of famous people and ordinary citizens. Included are Barry Humphries, May Gibbs, Nugget Coombs, Sir Robert Helpmann, Alex Jesaulenko, Dame Enid Lyons, Rex Nan Kivell, Xavier Herbert,
A. D. Hope, Donald Horne, Faith Bandler, Oodgeroo Noonuccal, Gustav Nossal, Norman Lindsay, Peter Sculthorpe, and many others.
Barry York has chosen 124 excerpts from the thousands of recordings and transcripts available in this oral history archive, to create a rich and involving mosaic of twentieth-century life in Australia.
ISBN 0 642 10715 7, 164pp., 210 x 250mm, pb, 68 duotone reproductions, RRP $29.95
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