Opening Sentence:
The camera is like most human beings: it sometimes distorts reality, but it usually tries to tell the truth.Synopsis:
Over two centuries a great nation has emerged from the most unlikely beginnings. Millions of incidents on that road of turmoil and triumph have been fixed in time by the camera.Australia - A History in Photographs will absorb all Australia as it tells our unfolding story.
One of the most important historical works, it is the result of years of research by the award-winning historian Michael Cannon.
Published near the end of the bi-century of white settlement, Australia - A History in Photographs mirrors the story of ordinary Australians, of people in power and of climactic events.
Through the camera we can look back on the times of early settlement, the violent suppression of the Aborigines, convict times, the gold rushes and the great period of exploration, the growth of transport and farming, towns and cities and the world of boom and bust, bosses and unions, wars and politics, to the present.
The photographs are accompanied by a brilliant text which explains the life of Australia as revealed by the indelible images of our past.
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