ASIN: B07X6HG23L
Publisher: Prefab Publications
Pages: 125
WHY did men and women in Sydney once have to wear skirts for swimming?WHAT did famous writers such as Mark Twain and Anthony Trollope have to say about Australia?HOW did the miracle known as the Sydney Opera House ever see the light of day?WHAT is the point of family history?These and other random stories arose out of the writer’s researches into her family history in early colonial Australia.Australia And How To Find It is a collection of anecdotes about that eccentric country that didn’t make it into the author’s previous books. It explains the background to some of the more bizarre rules and regulations that popped up in the country’s development, and how Australia appeared to overseas visitors. How border disagreements led to passengers having to change trains because of the different railway gauges, and why murder defendants had to be tried twice. How Admiral Nelson was able to ...
