Edited by Ariana Klepac and John Thompson.
Australian Voices presents a broad social history of colonial, predominantly European, Australian life, focusing on the ordinary and the every day, through the words of Australians of the time and a handful of visitors. This atmospheric anthology comprises letters and diary entries, memoirs and reminiscences -- supported by photographs, etchings and paintings -- drawn from the period between the arrival of the First Fleet to the end of First World War.
The extracts presented here offer a window into the ways many Australians lived and thought during their country's pioneering days: their first person accounts are often emotional, sometimes humorous, occasionally idealistic, frequently cynical and critical.
