The Eighties

Name: The Eighties
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The Decade that Transformed Australia

By: Frank Bongiorno

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Paperback | 9 February 2027

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A vivid history of the politics, culture and social change that transformed Australia in the 1980s.

Winner of the ACT Book of the Year Award
Shortlisted for the Ernest Scott Prize and CHASS Australia Prize

It was the era of Hawke and Keating, Kylie and INXS, the America's Cup and the Bicentenary. It was perhaps the most controversial decade in Australian history, with high-flying entrepreneurs booming and busting, torrid debates over land rights and immigration, the advent of AIDS, a harsh recession and the rise of the New Right.

It was a time when Australians fought for social change - on union picket lines, at rallies for women's rights and against nuclear weapons, and as part of a new environmental movement.

And then there were the events that left many scratching their heads- Joh for Canberra . . . the Australia Card . . . Cliff Young.

In The Eighties, Frank Bongiorno brings all this and more to life. He sheds new light on 'both the ordinary and extraordinary things that happened to Australia and Australians during this liveliest of decades'.

'The definitive account of an inspired, infuriating decade' George Megalogenis

'A very impressive achievement' The Monthly

'Meaty and entertaining' The Australian

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