What Happened When: A chronology of Australia from 1788

(, 3rd edition)

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In Australia in 1932, some of the many events which occurred included, the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge, the death of Phar Lap, the establishment of the ABC and the painting of "Boy at the Basin". Anthony Barker has compiled a year-by-year reference work of this type of event in Australia. You can browse and see what was going on in any one year, or, if you want to find out when something happened (for instance, when women got the vote in Australia) the index will direct you to the spot. The index itself has sub-entries and cross-references, lists of prime ministers, premiers, governors and Melbourne Cup winners, and the entries for individuals (which provide full names, maiden names and pseudonyms, as well as occupations and dates of birth and death).

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Anthony Barker worked for over 30 years as a book editor. He has also written concert and book reviews, and the books Dear Robertson: Letters to an Australian Publisher, An Illustrated Anthology of Australian Epic Journeys and Beatrice Davis: One of the First and One of the Finest, as well as contributing entries to the Australian Dictionary of Biography.