Blainey, Geoffrey,  1930- <br/><br/>
Black kettle and full moon :  daily life in a vanished Australia / 
 Daily life in a vanished Australia 
Geoffrey Blainey. 
 - Camberwell , Vic. ;  London :  Viking,  2003. 
 - ix, 484 p. :  ill., facsims. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index. 
<br/><br/>Bibliography: p. 431-463. 
<br/><br/>Part 1. Ocean and moon -- 1. Moon, sun and stars -- 2. The dimming of candlelight -- 3. Across the seas -- 4. Letters, cameras and that magic wire -- 5. Coo-ee, bell and silver tongue -- 6. Gold watches and sovereigns -- Part 2. The black kettle sings -- 7. The full taste of meat -- 8. Did a woman ever eat more? -- 9. Potato and sparrow -- 10. The sparkle of Boston ice -- 11. To tipple and to smoke -- 12. In that black billy can -- 13. Restaurants and general stores -- 14. On pricing a way of life. 
<br/><br/> A lively and fascinating journey into Australian daily life in the period from the first gold rushes to the World War One. Blainey paints a fascinating picture of how our forebears lived - in the outback, in towns and cities, at sea and on land. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>014300266X (pbk.) :  $26.95 0670041327 (hbk.) :  AUS$45.00 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> $45.00  $25.00 (2511) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>00002468  
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA4-18364 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>000024680045  AU 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>1800 - 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Westfield Literary Prize Nominations (2004)<br/>Manners and customs.<br/>Australia - Social life and customs - 19th century.<br/>Australia - Social life and customs - 20th century.<br/>Australia - Social life and customs.<br/>Australia - History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Australia.<br/>Australia--History--20th century.<br/>Australia--Social life and customs--19th century.<br/>Australia--Social life and customs--1788-1900.<br/>Australia--History.<br/>Australia--History--1788-1900.<br/>Australia--Social life and customs--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>History, 1801-1900 History, 1901-1945 Social conditions Foods Lifestyle Quality of life 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DU107.B63 2003 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>994