Why We Are Australian

By turns irreverent, humorous and moving, Paul Taylor's narrative traces a unique story close to our hearts: the events and people, good and bad, that have combined to make us proud to be Australian.

Dampier the pirate and The Dismissal, the rise of Paul Hogan and the death of Steve Irwin, Lola Montez and Dame Edna Everage, Bennelong and Bradman, Alan Bond, Phar Lap, 'Cannibal' Pearce, the Castle Hill uprising, Cathy Freeman, Kath and Kim, Mo, the landing at Gallipoli and bombers over Darwin, Breaker Morant, the Black Thursday bushfires, Sindey Nolan and Arthur Streeton, the Bogle-Chandler mystery, Ginger Meggs, the Kokoda Track, Bert Newton, the Bali bombings, gangland vendettas, Vegemite and Chloe, Holden cars and Bondi Beach, Warnie, Kelly and Keating, Paterson and Lawson, Howard Florey, Foster's Lager and Bazza McKenzie.

Footprints all, that we Australians fill today.