TY  - BOOK
AU  - Blainey,Geoffrey
TI  - Black kettle and full moon: daily life in a vanished Australia 
SN  - 014300266X (pbk.) :
AV  - DU107.B63 2003 
U1  - 994 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Camberwell, Vic.
PB  - Penguin/Viking
KW  - Westfield Literary Prize Nominations (2004)
KW  - Manners and customs
KW  - fast
KW  - Australia - Social life and customs - 19th century
KW  - Australia - Social life and customs - 20th century
KW  - Australia - Social life and customs
KW  - Australia - History
KW  - Australia
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Social life and customs
KW  - 19th century
KW  - 1788-1900
KW  - History, 1801-1900
KW  - History, 1901-1945
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Foods
KW  - Lifestyle
KW  - Quality of life
N1  - Includes index; Bibliography: p. 431-463; 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
N2  - 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
ER  -