Australia: Image of a Nation, 1850 1950

by Rodney Hall

Genres: History

335 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Born in Solihull, Warwickshire, England, Hall came to Australia as a child after World War II and studied at the University of Queensland. Between 1967 and 1978 he was the Poetry Editor of The Australian. After a period living in Shanghai in the 1980s, Hall returned to Australia, and took up residence in Victoria.

Hall has twice won the Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, and has received seven nominations for the prestigious Miles Franklin Award, for which he has twice won ("Just Relations" in 1982 and "The Grisly Wife" in 1994).

Reviews

[Michael Kerjman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Produced in a less politically -correct era, this foliar impresses with a naked cynicism memorized with shots of then indigenous Australia.

Impressive set of pictures overall.