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Article: Sydney's Century: A History. (JAS Review of Books). (book review)
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- Journal of Australian Studies
- Article date:
- December 1, 2001
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Peter Spearritt, Sydney's Century: A History, University of New South Wales Press, Sydney, 2000, 319 pp, hb $79.95.
In the past few years, the milestones of the new Millennium and the centenary of Australian federation have created a fertile climate for books that reflect on world and Australian history. At the same time the Sydney Olympic Games put Sydney in the international spotlight and provided a stimulus for books that reflect on Sydney's history and present. One of the best of these is Peter Spearritt's Sydney's Century: A History.
Peter Spearritt has a solid reputation as an Australian scholar who has for decades produced significant works of ...