The Resource 1956 : the year Australia welcomed the world, Nick Richardson
1956 : the year Australia welcomed the world, Nick Richardson
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The item 1956 : the year Australia welcomed the world, Nick Richardson 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 1 library branch.
- Summary
- An engrossing account of a pivotal year in Australia?s history. This book debunks one of the hardiest clichés in Australian history: that the 1950s was a dull decade, when the nation seemed only interested in a quiet life, a cup of tea, and a weekend drive. The truth is that, by the time the ?60s came around, Australia was already expanding its outlook ? politically, economically, and culturally ? and central to this were the events of 1956. This was the year when Melbourne hosted the Summer Olympics, the first edition of the Games to be held outside Europe and North America. It also heralded the arrival of television in Australia. In this year, Prime Minister Robert Menzies grappled with world politics, when he opened the country?s doors to refugees from the Hungarian uprising, allowed British nuclear tests at Maralinga, and tried to resolve the greatest diplomatic episode of the decade: the Suez Crisis. In these ways and more, the world came to Australia?s doorstep in 1956, challenging rusted-on habits and indelibly shifting the nation?s perception of itself. Nick Richardson peels back the layers to reveal Australia at a critical moment in time. He brilliantly recreates the broader events surrounding the Melbourne Olympics at the end of 1956, as well as the dramas of the Games themselves. Throughout, he also follows a range of men and women who were touched by this transformation, to illuminate the personal consequences of being part of Australia?s pivotal year.
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781925322910
- Label
- 1956 : the year Australia welcomed the world
- Title
- 1956
- Title remainder
- the year Australia welcomed the world
- Statement of responsibility
- Nick Richardson
- Title variation
- Nineteen fifty-six
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- An engrossing account of a pivotal year in Australia?s history. This book debunks one of the hardiest clichés in Australian history: that the 1950s was a dull decade, when the nation seemed only interested in a quiet life, a cup of tea, and a weekend drive. The truth is that, by the time the ?60s came around, Australia was already expanding its outlook ? politically, economically, and culturally ? and central to this were the events of 1956. This was the year when Melbourne hosted the Summer Olympics, the first edition of the Games to be held outside Europe and North America. It also heralded the arrival of television in Australia. In this year, Prime Minister Robert Menzies grappled with world politics, when he opened the country?s doors to refugees from the Hungarian uprising, allowed British nuclear tests at Maralinga, and tried to resolve the greatest diplomatic episode of the decade: the Suez Crisis. In these ways and more, the world came to Australia?s doorstep in 1956, challenging rusted-on habits and indelibly shifting the nation?s perception of itself. Nick Richardson peels back the layers to reveal Australia at a critical moment in time. He brilliantly recreates the broader events surrounding the Melbourne Olympics at the end of 1956, as well as the dramas of the Games themselves. Throughout, he also follows a range of men and women who were touched by this transformation, to illuminate the personal consequences of being part of Australia?s pivotal year.
- Cataloging source
- VHEI
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Richardson, Nick
- Dewey number
- 994.05
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- portraits
- plates
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Olympic Games
- Nineteen fifty-six, A.D
- Nineteen fifties
- Australia
- Australia
- Australia
- Australia
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- 1956 : the year Australia welcomed the world, Nick Richardson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000066179047
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781925322910
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1110151262
- Label
- 1956 : the year Australia welcomed the world, Nick Richardson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000066179047
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xi, 336 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781925322910
- Isbn Type
- (paperback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1110151262
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