| ISBN |
9780670077892 |
| Author |
Creswell, Toby (author) |
| Title |
The history of Australia in 100 objects / Toby Creswell. |
| Other title |
History of Australia in one hundred objects. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
[Melbourne, Victoria] : Penguin Random House, 2016. |
| ©2016 |
| Description |
420 pages : illustrations (some colour), 1 colour map, facsimilies, portraits (chiefly colour) ; 26 cm. |
| Note |
Illustrations on end papers. |
| Includes 29 images supplied by the National Museum of Australia. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
1.A necklace from Lake Nitchie -- 2.A marngrook possum ball -- 3.Kimberley points -- 4.Dirk Hartog's plate -- 5.Captain Cook's globe -- 6.The Charlotte medal -- 7.A wool sample -- 8.Matthew Flinders' hat -- 9.A diorama of Governor William Bligh's arrest -- 10.A mug depicting Governor Davey's proclamation to the Aborigines of Tasmania 1816 -- 11.A bowl with a view of Sydney -- 12.A bottle of beer -- 13.A convict uniform -- 14.Batman's contract for Melbourne -- 15.A pepper-box revolver from Lambing Flat -- 16.A Staffordshire porcelain figurine of Protestant Irish nationalist convict William Smith O'Brien -- 17.The Eureka flag -- 18.An Australian Rules Sherrin -- 18.Robert O'Hara Burke's water bottle -- 20.Mrs Butters' press dress |
| Contents note continued: 21.A Coolgardie Safe -- 22.Ned Kelly's armour -- 23.A Sunshine stripper harvester -- 24.A pair of shears -- 25.Dame Nellie Melba's dress -- 26.A women's suffrage movement Banner -- 27.Jandamurra's boomerang -- 28.A billy -- 29.Dally Messenger's cap -- 30.A slouch hat with rising sun badge -- 31.A Federation flag -- 32.Henry Lawson's pen -- 33.St Mary Mackillop (St Mary of the Cross) rosary -- 34.Marion Mahony Griffin's plan for Canberra -- 35.Mawson's Antarctic sledge -- 36.George Julius' totalisator machine -- 37.Two-up kip and coins -- 38.A Gallipoli boat -- 39.Pin flags for General Sir John Monash -- 40.Winnie O'Sullivan's locket |
| Contents note continued: 41.A Billy Hughes novelty paperweight -- 42.A Felix the Cat doll -- 43.A Country Women's Association cup and saucer -- 44.A Vegemite jar -- 45.The Kinchela Boys Home gate -- 46.Penicillin moulds -- 47.Charles Kingsford Smith's cigarette case -- 48.A Waterside Workers banner -- 49.The Play School rocket clock -- 50.The Heidelberg dress. -- 51.A model of Nancy-Bird Walton's Gipsy Moth aircraft -- 52.A Cherry Ripe chocolate bar -- 53.Don Bradman's 1934 bat -- 54.A Melbourne Cup -- 55.A cane-toad statuette -- 56.A Japanese Himitsu-Bako puzzle box -- 57.A road sign to Tobruk -- 58.Weary Dunlop's medical instruments -- 59.A Japanese flag from the Kokoda Track -- 60.Ben Chifley's pipe |
| Contents note continued: 61.A ten-pound Pom's suitcase -- 62.Holden Prototype No. 1 -- 63.Lord Warden of Cinque Ports uniform as worn by Robert Menzies -- 64.A bottle of Grange Hermitage -- 65.A Cimbali espresso machine -- 66.Rock shovel bucket -- 67.Evdokia Petrov's shoe -- 68.A Paula Stafford bikini -- 69.Snowy Mountains Scheme coasters -- 70.Olympic stamp from the 1956 Melbourne Games -- 71.Old Purple -- 72.Dame Edna costume -- 73.Jorn Utzon's model for the Sydney Opera House -- 74.A detective's hat -- 75.Oz magazine -- 76.Harry Vanda's guitar -- 77.Long Tan dolls -- 78.Faith Bandler's gloves -- 79.Patrick White's typewriter -- 80.Evonne Goolagong's tennis racquet |
| Contents note continued: 81.ALP badge 1972 -- 82.Miranda's dress -- 83.Bob Brown's raft -- 84.Dan tre musical instrument -- 85.Tobacco tin containing white ochre paint -- 86.Eddie Mabo's map -- 87.A Jenny Kee knitted jumper -- 88.Azaria Chamberlain's dress -- 89.Australia II -- 90.A prawn on a barbecue -- 91.`Cotton Blossom' Mardi Gras costume -- 92.A Port Arthur memorial -- 93.Wi-fi technology -- 94.An East Timorese native sword -- 95.Cathy Freeman's running suit -- 96.Lifebuoy from the MV Tampa -- 97.Bali bombings cross -- 98.A `Kevin 07' T-shirt -- 99.A burned car -- 100.Julia Gillard's spectacles. |
| Summary |
"From Captain Cook’s globe to Mabo’s map, and Melba’s frock to Cathy Freeman’s running suit, this is Australia’s history told through a gallery of things. Former Rolling Stone editor Toby Creswell has curated an illustrated popular history of Australia accumulated through the review of 100 fascinating man-made objects. Creswell takes each object as the starting point to explore the stories that make up our national history, exploring and celebrating key technological, social, political and sporting moments. From Ned Kelly’s armour to Henry Lawson’s pen and Julia Gillard’s glasses, the chosen objects are sometimes iconic, sometimes unexpected and quirky; but the mix creates a compelling story. Each entry is accompanied by a striking image of the object. A book that can be read from cover to cover, or dipped into at any point, History of Australia in 100 Objects is a fresh, popular take on Australia’s history" --Website. |
| Subjects |
Art objects -- Australia -- Pictorial works |
| History in art |
| Australia -- History -- Pictorial works |
| Call number |
700.458 CRE |
