The Confident Years records the buoyant era between the hard-won victory of World War I and the deep setbacks of the 1930s Depression and World War II. Now a hundred years ago, it was the time when the horse and buggy gave way to the motor car, aeroplane, wireless and cinema. Many colourful personal...

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Main Author:	Murray, Robert 1932- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	North Melbourne, Victoria Australian Scholarly Publishing Pty Ltd 2020
Edition:	Revised edition
Subjects:	Geschichte 1920-1930 Australien Australian Nineteen twenties Australia / Social life and customs Australia / History / 1901-1945 Australia / History / 1922-1929 Australia / Social conditions / 1901-1945 Australia / Social conditions / 1922-1929 Australia / Politics and government / 1901-1945 Australia / Politics and government / 1922-1929 Manners and customs Politics and government Social conditions Australia 1901-1945 History
Summary:	The Confident Years records the buoyant era between the hard-won victory of World War I and the deep setbacks of the 1930s Depression and World War II. Now a hundred years ago, it was the time when the horse and buggy gave way to the motor car, aeroplane, wireless and cinema. Many colourful personalities were in their heyday - among them, Billy Hughes, Jack Lang, Archbishop Mannix, Keith Murdoch, John Wren, Gladys Moncrieff and 'Squizzy' Taylor. Charles Kingsford Smith ('Smithy') was the first pilot to fly across the Pacific. Don Bradman was beginning his cricket career. Roy ('Up there') Cazaly was the star Australian footballer and Dally Messenger, the first Rugby League immortal. The colt Phar Lap was at the start of his incomparable years on the racecourse. The setting may at first seem like that of another country - at once boisterously optimistic, patriotic, staid and smug - and yet it is still recognisably very Australian
Item Description:	First published in 1978 by Allen Lane
Physical Description:	vii, 245 Seiten 23 cm
ISBN:	9781925984736