Melbourne On My Mind
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
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Few cities in the Southern Hemisphere carry the weight of cultural ambition, architectural grandeur, and layered human story quite like Melbourne — and Melbourne on My Mind captures that spirit with warmth and authority. Published by the Australian Broadcasting Commission, this richly curated volume presents the Victorian capital through a tapestry of personal recollections, historical vignettes, and evocative observations, drawing together voices that have called this remarkable city home. The collection illustrates Melbourne's evolution from a gold-rush boomtown into one of the world's most liveable and culturally vibrant metropolises, chronicling the streets, laneways, institutions, and characters that define its singular identity. In the tradition of great city portraits, it argues that to truly know Melbourne is to understand the contradictions at the heart of Australian urban life — its European aspirations set against a distinctly antipodean landscape. Whether you are a proud Melburnian or an armchair traveller, this is a book that will leave you yearning to turn the very next corner.
Author: ABC
Format: Paperback
Genre: Australian history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Few cities in the Southern Hemisphere carry the weight of cultural ambition, architectural grandeur, and layered human story quite like Melbourne — and Melbourne on My Mind captures that spirit with warmth and authority. Published by the Australian Broadcasting Commission, this richly curated volume presents the Victorian capital through a tapestry of personal recollections, historical vignettes, and evocative observations, drawing together voices that have called this remarkable city home. The collection illustrates Melbourne's evolution from a gold-rush boomtown into one of the world's most liveable and culturally vibrant metropolises, chronicling the streets, laneways, institutions, and characters that define its singular identity. In the tradition of great city portraits, it argues that to truly know Melbourne is to understand the contradictions at the heart of Australian urban life — its European aspirations set against a distinctly antipodean landscape. Whether you are a proud Melburnian or an armchair traveller, this is a book that will leave you yearning to turn the very next corner.