Australian Icons. Things That Make Us What We Are

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: William Heinemann Australia
Publisher Place: Port Melbourne
Publisher Year: 1992
Edition: First Edition

Description: 200 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout. The only exception is a pen mark on inside page. This Contains An Extraordinary Collection Of Objects, Some Magnificent, Some Tatty, Some Amusing, Some Poignant, Each Of Which Has Had A Significant Part To Play In The Australian Consciousness.

Publishers Description: Coffee table book which presents an examination of Australia's most precious relics - such as Ned Kelly's armour and Dame Edna's spectacles - and how these icons have helped to shape our images of ourselves and of our national identity. The author is a well-known television personality whose television series' and books 'This Fabulous Century' and 'Bicentennial Minutes' have been widely acclaimed.

ISBN: 9780855614515