Great Australian Speeches: Landmark speeches that defined and shaped our nation. Edited by Pamela Robson

Great Australian Speeches brings together a diverse and often moving collection of more than 40 speeches ranging from colonial times to the present day. Some have resonated with power enough to shape that nation: others encapsulate the best… and the worst… of the Australian character. The book includes speeches by Governor Arthur Phillip, Ned Kelly, Peter Lalor, Dame Nellie Melba, Alfred Deakin, Billy Hughes, Sir Robert Menzies, Miles Franklin, Clive James, Gough Whitlam, Paul Keating, Mick Dodson, Blue Bob and many others.

Published 2009, card-cover, BW photos and artworks, index, 258 pages

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