In this lively book, Geoffrey Blainey, Victoria's best known historian, traces the history of Victoria from the time the Aboriginals could walk across Bass Strait to the State's fall from grace and the collapse of the Cain government.

Table of Contents

Part I: 1. A turban of feathers; 2. Australia felix; 3. Golden ant-hill; 4. The silver stick; Part II: 5. One in ten thousand; 6. 'My Lord the workingman'; 7. Sunshine and moonshine; 8. Who am I?; Part III: 9. When the bubble burst; 10. There go the horses; 11. Smoke and fire; 12. The rise and fall of Albert the Great; 13. The jolting merry-go-round; 14. A long race; 15. Mr Cain's tidal wave; Part IV: 16. Time for change; 17. The Kennett years; 18. Victoria today.

Author Biography

Geoffrey Blainey is Emeritus Professor at the University of Melbourne.