Great Depression
The Great Depression of the 1930s devastated Sydney, leaving thousands unemployed and forcing many families into poverty. Relief work, makeshift camps, and protests became common sights as communities struggled through one of the most difficult periods in Australia's history.
An Attractive Naivety: Australia as a new nation in a complex world (Revised Edition)
An Attractive Naivety is an epic work of Australian historical fiction spanning the first half of the twentieth century. Through the lives of ordinary men and women, it traces the nation’s journey from Federation and plague to Depression, war, and uneasy peace. Interweaving fictional characters with real events, the novel explores the humour, hardship, courage and contradictions that shaped modern Australia.