Entertaining Australia: An Illustrated HistoryKatharine Brisbane Generously illustrated coffee table-format book which examines the development of Australian culture through a chronological presentation of the performing arts. It is a result of five years of the publisher's continuing Performing Arts in Australia project. The editor is the co-founder of Currency Press, a writer and theatre critic. Extensively indexed. |
Contents
The hidden Australia | 10 |
Origins of a colonial culture | 20 |
Moving pictures in the theatre | 125 |
Copyright | |
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