The Australian Family: Images and Essays

Scribe Publications, Melbourne, 1998. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Illustrator: Photographic. acknowledgements by Editor, foreword by The Right Honourable Sir James Gobbo, Governor of Victoria, references and contributors and exhibitions. The text is illustrated with numerous colour and black-and-white photographs, colour and black-and-white illustrations and the occasional facsimile of documents. Illustrated front cover, showing a montage of images of families, against a white background with purple, blue and black coloured titles to the front panel and blue and purple coloured titles to the backstrip. A book celebrating the Australian family, in conjunction with an exhibition held within 20 local galleries on the same theme, The Australian Family in all its glory, tragedy and differences. Included are the immigrant experience, Chinese brides, not allowed to stay more than six months at a time, for example, the Aborigine experience and the less traditional family units. Rubbing and slight creasing to the book corners and rubbing to the other edges. Size: 4to 9¾" - 12" tall. XII, 188 pages,. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sociology & Culture; History; Social History; Australia; Indigenous Cultures. ISBN: 0908011342. ISBN/EAN: 9780908011346. Inventory No: 0107368. . 9780908011346