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Author : Valerie Desmond
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1911
Category : Australia
ISBN : 9781465558978
Author : Valerie Desmond
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2018-01-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0428832350
Excerpt from The Awful Australian There has been so much adulation lately of Australia, Australian institutions, and the Aus tralian people by writers with axes to grind and English politicians with party ends to serve that the people of the Commonwealth have come to believe that they are the salt of the earth, and that their country is Personally, I am impatient of such and I think it is time somebody called upon the self-satisfied Aus tralians to show cause why a little more humility and a little less arrogance were not more seemly. With a view to restoring an apparently lost sense of proportion to the press and public of the country, I have written the following pages. If in telling the truth I shame file Australian this book will achieve its object. Should a bowl of indigna tion be provoked, then will the condition of affairs be proved worse than my pen has power to depict, and nothing will be left but to declare Australia past redemption. This is the case for the prosecu tion. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author : Desmond Valerie
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-06-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1318008379
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.
Author : Valerie Desmond
Publisher : BoD - Books on Demand
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-05
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9791041984596
This strange, topsy-turvey country, not content with having fruit with stones on the outside, has made the unique experiment of handing over its government to its peasantry! Other lands have at times fallen under the sway of the hoi-polloi, but this has always been temporary, and the result of some hysterical upheaval. But in Australia this has not been the case. The electors calmly and deliberately voted the Labour Party into power in April, 1910, and, since then, two of the six ridiculous States that this country of four and a-half millions has divided itself into have also calmly and deliberately decided, by majorities, to entrust their national guidance to butchers and bakers and candlestick-makers. That any body of people should do this—even in a country where every man and woman, irrespective of education, wealth, or social position has a vote—seems unintelligible to the English visitor. It certainly was unintelligible to me at first. It grew more of a mystery when I saw and heard several of the Labour leaders. Then I saw and heard the Liberal leaders, and I no longer wondered.
Author : Adrian Tame
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781760850500
Before Fake News, there was the real Fake News. There was Truth. Hailed as ‘a fearless exposer of folly, vice and crime’ when it first hit the streets in the 1890s, Truth was later condemned by a High Court Judge as ‘a wretched little paper, reeking of filth, injurious to the health of house servants and young girls’. Much later it earned the nickname ‘The Old Whore of La Trobe Street’. Truth was called many things but it was never boring. Adrian Tame knows that better than anyone as he worked for Truth for more than a decade as a reporter and news editor. In the years it was owned by the Murdoch family he worked alongside young Rupert as he cut his teeth on the shock horror scandals that graced the pages of Truth when it was selling a whopping 400,000 copies a week. Funny, often outrageous and always thoroughly entertaining, The Awful Truth is a rollercoaster ride through an colourful era of newspapers and larger-than-life reporters that we will never see the like of again.
Author : Mungo MacCallum
Publisher : Black Inc.
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-23
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781863955874
Good drinkers, bad swimmers and unlikely heroes. Since Australia's birth in 1901, twenty-seven politicians have run the national show. Their time at the top has ranged from eight days for Frank Forde to eighteen years for Bob Menzies. But whatever the length of their term, each Prime Minister has a story worth sharing. Edmund Barton united the bickering states in a federation; Billy Hughes forced US President Woodrow Wilson to take notice of Australia. The unlucky Jimmy Scullin took office days before Wall Street crashed into the Great Depression, while John Curtin faced the ultimate challenge of wartime leadership. John Gorton, Gough Whitlam and Paul Keating each shook up their parties' policies so vigorously that none lasted much longer than a single term in office. With characteristic wit and expert knowledge, Mungo MacCallum brings the nation's leaders to vivid life. The Good, the Bad and the Unlikely tells the tale of the many men and one woman who've had a crack at running the country. It is a wonderfully entertaining education. 'The most informative and entertaining book about Australian politics since Don Watson's Recollection of a Bleeding Heart.' The Sydney Morning Herald 'Vintage Mungo.' The Australian
Author : Graham Seal
Publisher : UNSW Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Australia
ISBN : 0868406805
A lively linguistic analysis of our distinctive forms of speech drawn from a range of everyday experiences, including work, relaxation, gambling, drinking, family life, sport, crime, war, politics and sexual relations.
Author : Joy Damousi,Desley Deacon
Publisher : ANU E Press
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781921313486
Issued also in printed form.
Author : Judith Viorst
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2009-09-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781416985952
Recounts the events of a day when everything goes wrong for Alexander. Suggested level: junior, primary.
Author : Peter D. Griggs
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 746 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-03-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781527548824
Before 1950, Australians were the world’s highest consumers of tea per capita. This book tells the story of how tea emerged as the national beverage in the Australian colonies during the nineteenth century, and explores why Australians consumed so much of the beverage for so long. Special attention is devoted to analysing the evolution of the Australian tea distribution network, especially the marketing strategies used by the tea traders to promote their products. Other topics examined here include the development of tea rituals such as afternoon tea and high tea and their role in Australian society, the local manufacture of teawares, the establishment of tea rooms and the emergence of a tea growing industry in Australia after 1960. The first comprehensive account of the history of tea in Australia, this book will be of particular interest to individuals interested in Australian history, economic and social history, and food history.
Author : Mehreen Faruqi
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Australia
ISBN : 0369367650
Too Migrant, Too Muslim, Too Loud is a no-holds-barred memoir and manifesto from outspoken senator, trouble Amaker and multicultural icon Mehreen Faruqi. As the first Muslim woman in any Australian parliament, Mehreen has a unique and crucial perspective on our politics and democracy. It is a tale of a political outsider fighting for her right and the rights of others like her to be let inside on their terms. From her beginnings in Pakistan and remaking in Australia, Mehreen recounts her struggle to navigate two vastly different, changing worlds without losing herself. This moving and inspiring memoir shares shattering insights learned as a migrant, an engineer, an activist, a feminist and a politician.
Author : Sir Richard Tangye
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1886
Category : Australia
ISBN : OXFORD:N10622790
Author : Robert Bruce
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Australia
ISBN : HARVARD:HWQW64
Author : Patsy Trench
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-30
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0993453716
The extraordinary tale of early colonial Australia as seen through the eyes of Mary Pitt and her family, who voluntarily migrated from their home in Dorset in 1801 to live in a penal colony.
Author : Andy Kirkpatrick
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 727 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-06-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781136954566
The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes constitutes a comprehensive introduction to the study of World Englishes drawing on the expertise of leading authors within the field. The Handbook is structured in nine sections covering historical perspectives, core issues and topics and new debates which together provide a thorough overview of the field taking into account the new directions in which the discipline is heading. Among the key themes covered are the development of English as a lingua franca among speakers for whom English is a common but not first language, the parallel development of English as a medium of instruction in educational institutions throughout the world and the role of English as the international language of scholarship and scholarly publishing, as well as the development of ‘computer-mediated’ Englishes, including ‘cyberprose’. The Handbook also includes a substantial introduction and conclusion from the editor. The Routledge Handbook of World Englishes is the ideal resource for postgraduate students of applied linguistics as well as those in related degrees such as applied English language and TESOL/TEFL.