The Resource The land before avocado : journeys in a lost Australia, Richard Glover
The land before avocado : journeys in a lost Australia, Richard Glover
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The item The land before avocado : journeys in a lost Australia, Richard Glover represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches. This resource has been enriched with EBSCO NoveList data.
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The item The land before avocado : journeys in a lost Australia, Richard Glover represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
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- Summary
- There's plenty of nostalgia right now for the Australia of the past, but what was it really like? In The Land Before Avocado, Richard Glover takes a journey to an almost unrecognisable Australia. It's a vivid portrait of a quite peculiar land: a place that is scary and weird, dangerous and incomprehensible, and now and then surprisingly appealing. It's the Australia of his childhood. The Australia of the late '60s and early '70s. Let's break the news now: they didn't have avocado. It's a place of funny clothing and food that was appalling, but amusingly so. It is also the land of staggeringly awful attitudes, often enshrined in law, towards anybody who didn't fit in. The Land Before Avocado will make you laugh and cry, feel angry and inspired. And leave you wondering how bizarre things were, not so long ago. Most of all, it will make you realise just how far we've come, and how much further we can go
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 272 pages
- Isbn
- 9780733339813
- Label
- The land before avocado : journeys in a lost Australia
- Title
- The land before avocado
- Title remainder
- journeys in a lost Australia
- Statement of responsibility
- Richard Glover
- Subject
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- trueHistory writing -- Australia -- 20th century
- trueAustralian literature
- trueEconomic development
- Glover, Richard -- Childhood and youth
- trueManners and customs
- Nineteen seventies
- Nineteen sixties
- Red hot reads
- trueSocial change
- true1960s -- 1960 -- 1969
- true1970s -- 1970 -- 1979
- trueAustralia -- History -- 20th century
- trueAustralia -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- There's plenty of nostalgia right now for the Australia of the past, but what was it really like? In The Land Before Avocado, Richard Glover takes a journey to an almost unrecognisable Australia. It's a vivid portrait of a quite peculiar land: a place that is scary and weird, dangerous and incomprehensible, and now and then surprisingly appealing. It's the Australia of his childhood. The Australia of the late '60s and early '70s. Let's break the news now: they didn't have avocado. It's a place of funny clothing and food that was appalling, but amusingly so. It is also the land of staggeringly awful attitudes, often enshrined in law, towards anybody who didn't fit in. The Land Before Avocado will make you laugh and cry, feel angry and inspired. And leave you wondering how bizarre things were, not so long ago. Most of all, it will make you realise just how far we've come, and how much further we can go
- Summary
- In The Land Before Avocado, Richard Glover takes a journey to an almost unrecognisable Australia. It's a vivid portrait of a quite peculiar land: a place that is scary and weird, dangerous and incomprehensible, and, now and then, surprisingly appealing. It's the Australia of his childhood. The Australia of the late '60s and early '70s.
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10733127
- Cataloging source
- VHEI
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Glover, Richard
- Dewey number
- 994
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Glover, Richard
- Nineteen sixties
- Nineteen seventies
- Australia
- Australia
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- journeys in a lost Australia
- Label
- The land before avocado : journeys in a lost Australia, Richard Glover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- still image
- text
- Content type code
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- sti
- txt
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000064326194
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 272 pages
- Isbn
- 9780733339813
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780733339813
- (Sirsi) i9780733339813
- (OCoLC)1049911482
- Label
- The land before avocado : journeys in a lost Australia, Richard Glover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- still image
- text
- Content type code
-
- sti
- txt
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000064326194
- Dimensions
- 21 cm.
- Extent
- 272 pages
- Isbn
- 9780733339813
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780733339813
- (Sirsi) i9780733339813
- (OCoLC)1049911482
Subject
- trueHistory writing -- Australia -- 20th century
- trueAustralian literature
- trueEconomic development
- Glover, Richard -- Childhood and youth
- trueManners and customs
- Nineteen seventies
- Nineteen sixties
- Red hot reads
- trueSocial change
- true1960s -- 1960 -- 1969
- true1970s -- 1970 -- 1979
- trueAustralia -- History -- 20th century
- trueAustralia -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
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Lionel Bowen Library and Community CentreBorrow it669-673 Anzac Parade, Marouba, NSW, 2035, AU-33.938111 151.237977
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Malabar Community LibraryBorrow it1203 Anzac Parade, Matraville, NSW, 2036, AU-33.962293 151.245961
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Margaret Martin LibraryBorrow itLevel 1, Royal Randwick Shopping Centre, Randwick, NSW, 2031, AU-33.9151421 151.2408898
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