254 pages : chiefly illustrations, portraits ; 33 cm
Contents
The streets of the city -- The city at work -- The city at leisure -- Coming and going -- Buying and selling -- Education and learning -- Entertaining the city -- Events and happenings -- Eating and drinking -- The city at home
Summary
A documentary survey of images of city life in Australia, from the late 1800s to the 1970s. Includes photographs of working life, leisure and entertainment, neighborhoods under quarantine with Black Death, life during wartime, luxury hotels and elegant buildings now demolished, and much more
Analysis
Australia - Social life and customs
Australia. Cities. Social life, ca 1890-ca 1975. Illustrations
City and town life - Australia - Pictorial works
Notes
Australia. Cities. Social life, ca 1890-ca 1975. Illustrations (ANB/PRECIS SIN 0700290)