The Beach: An Australian Passion

The Beach: An Australian Passion

BookThe Beach: An Australian Passion
Commissioning EditorSusan Hall (2)
Production CoordinatorMelissa Bush
EditorJustine Molony
PublisherNLA Publishing
Copyright Holder (Text)Robert Drewe
Printed and Bound byImago
Research AssistantGina Wyatt
Designed byElizabeth Faul
Image ManagerKathryn Ross, Jemma Posch
Cover photoTim J. Keegan
Copyright HolderNational Library of Australia
About/SubjectAustralia
FormatHardback
LanguageEnglish
LocationAustralia
Copyright2015
Pages / Font236 pages
Barcode9 780642 278807
ISBN978-0-642-27880-7
Dewey Decimal Classification Number551.457
ChaptersContents 1 The real Australia 2 The best beaches in the world 3 What we do there? 4 Rotto mon amour 5 The beach in history 6 The light on the cliff 7 Mr Gocher goes surfing 8 Beach disipline 9 Between the flags 10 Stoked 11 Life in a travel book 12 The big beach questions, unsatisfactorily answered 13 The famous backdrop 14 Irene 15 'Jump out, Isaac' 16 Beach obsessives 17 The beach shack lives! 18 The bikini wars 19 The snake pit 20 A wonder of the natural world 21 A great road 22 Celebrity beach 23 Glitter city 24 A prime minister disappears 25 Nightmare beach 26 The bone 27 Treasure seekers 28 The shadow in the sea 29 Stingers 30 Fishy business 31 Jimpy and the whales 32 Profile of a beachwormer 33 Rips 34 Beauty and ghosts 35 The dark side 36 The beach as bomb site 37 The change that dare not speak its name 38 The beach of green capsicums Acknowledgements Image behind chapter numbers List of illustrations
NotesPublished by the National Library of Australia © National Library of Australia 2015 Text © Robert Drewe Commissioning Publisher: Susan Hall Editor: Justine Molony Designer: Elizabeth Faul Image coordinators: Kathryn Ross, Jemma Posch Research assistance: Gina Wyatt Production coordinator: Melissa Bush Printed and bound in China by Imago Cover image: Tim J. Keegan, Beach, Mist and Impending Storm 2010
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