Based on the forthcoming five-part Australian television series, this is an exploration of who we are as a nation, where we have come from and where we are going.
Paul Kelly is possibly Australia's most respected political and economic commentator and here he explores in more detail the five broad themes covered by the television series: Children of the Empire; The Rise and Fall of White Australia; The Land of the Fair Go; The Slow March to Reconciliation; Farewell to Great and Powerful Friends.
Kelly has also conducted extensive interviews with some of Australia's past and present leaders, and these contain some sensational material. Those interviewed are: Malcolm Fraser, Gough Whitlam, Paul Keating, Bob Hawke, John Howard and Kim Beazley. The book contains approximately 50 black-and-white photographs.
