The Eighties: The Decade That Transformed Australia

by Frank Bongiorno

Book Overview

Winner of the 2016 ACT Book of the Year Award

It was the era of Hawke and Keating, Kylie and INXS, the America's Cup and the Bicentenary. It was perhaps the most controversial decade in Australian history, with high-flying entrepreneurs booming and busting, torrid debates over land rights and immigration, the advent of AIDS, a harsh recession and the rise of the New Right.

It was a time when Australians fought for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1863958975
• ISBN13: 9781863958974
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Black Inc.
• Length: 386 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"