Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Terra Australis Incognita

2. Hell upon earth

3. A workingman's paradise?

4. Another America

5. The national type

6. Bohemians and the bush

7. Young, white, happy and wholesome

8. Diggers and heroes

9. Growing up

10. Everyman and his Holden

Further reading

Endnotes

Index

About the Author

Richard White is a young historian with a particular interest in the development of a distinctive Australian culture. He has written on the 'Australian way of life' and on 'Americanisation' and popular culture.