Moments in Time: True Life Stories of Australian Men and Women
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Moments in Timerevisits some of the now largely forgotten people, passions and events from Australia's past. Among others, are: the famous Antarctic and war photographer Frank Hurley; the Beach Girl Quests; Miss Olive Pink, an early advocate of Aboriginal rights; the extraordinary craze for tenpin bowling in the 1950s and 1960s; the flooding of Lake Pedder; Bill Fordyce, the only surviving Australian who took part in the 'Great Escape', a mass escape of World War II allied prisoners; the iconic Birdsville Track and the Dog Fence; Pearl Wallace, the first woman to become a river boat captain; the bombing of Darwin; 'Black Sunday' on Bondi Beach.Edited by researcher Debra Kandelaars from a selection of scripts from ABC Television's Dimensions in Timeand George Negus Tonight, the stories in Moments in Timeencourage us to remember people and moments from 'back then'; people and moments that are all woven into the vivid and complex pattern of our nation's past, that have helped make the Australia of today.
Author: Debra Kandelaars
Format: Paperback, 192 pages, 245mm x 176mm, 360 g
Published: 2004, ABC Books, Australia
Genre: Biography: General
Description
Moments in Timerevisits some of the now largely forgotten people, passions and events from Australia's past. Among others, are: the famous Antarctic and war photographer Frank Hurley; the Beach Girl Quests; Miss Olive Pink, an early advocate of Aboriginal rights; the extraordinary craze for tenpin bowling in the 1950s and 1960s; the flooding of Lake Pedder; Bill Fordyce, the only surviving Australian who took part in the 'Great Escape', a mass escape of World War II allied prisoners; the iconic Birdsville Track and the Dog Fence; Pearl Wallace, the first woman to become a river boat captain; the bombing of Darwin; 'Black Sunday' on Bondi Beach.Edited by researcher Debra Kandelaars from a selection of scripts from ABC Television's Dimensions in Timeand George Negus Tonight, the stories in Moments in Timeencourage us to remember people and moments from 'back then'; people and moments that are all woven into the vivid and complex pattern of our nation's past, that have helped make the Australia of today.
Moments in Time: True Life Stories of Australian Men and Women