Australia 2000!: A Look At Alternative Futures
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
What will Australia look like at the dawn of the third millennium? Australia 2000! A Look at Alternative Futures poses this audacious question and answers it with rigorous foresight, presenting a visionary examination of the social, political, economic, and environmental trajectories that could shape the Australian nation. Written by futurist and author Don Fabun — celebrated for his influential work on social change and the future of industrialised societies — the book charts a series of plausible alternative scenarios for Australia, drawing on data, demography, and bold speculation to map the contours of a nation in transition. Fabun's signature style blends accessible prose with sweeping analytical ambition, making complex systems thinking available to a broad readership without sacrificing intellectual depth. The work sits firmly within the tradition of 1970s futures studies, a genre that sought to arm policymakers, educators, and citizens with the conceptual tools to anticipate and shape tomorrow. With its striking graphic design and layered arguments about growth, technology, and governance, Australia 2000! remains a remarkable cultural artefact — a mirror held up to a nation on the cusp of profound change, still asking us whether the futures it imagined were warnings or invitations.
Author: Don Fabun
Format: Hardback
Published: 1974
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
What will Australia look like at the dawn of the third millennium? Australia 2000! A Look at Alternative Futures poses this audacious question and answers it with rigorous foresight, presenting a visionary examination of the social, political, economic, and environmental trajectories that could shape the Australian nation. Written by futurist and author Don Fabun — celebrated for his influential work on social change and the future of industrialised societies — the book charts a series of plausible alternative scenarios for Australia, drawing on data, demography, and bold speculation to map the contours of a nation in transition. Fabun's signature style blends accessible prose with sweeping analytical ambition, making complex systems thinking available to a broad readership without sacrificing intellectual depth. The work sits firmly within the tradition of 1970s futures studies, a genre that sought to arm policymakers, educators, and citizens with the conceptual tools to anticipate and shape tomorrow. With its striking graphic design and layered arguments about growth, technology, and governance, Australia 2000! remains a remarkable cultural artefact — a mirror held up to a nation on the cusp of profound change, still asking us whether the futures it imagined were warnings or invitations.