Sydney - History and Background Travel Guides | Sydney | History and Background Sydney

Books

Autobiography and biography

James, Clive, Unreliable Memoirs (Picador, 1984) One of Australia’s best-loved celebrities, novelists and broadcasters offers an entertaining insight in to his Sydney childhood.

Phelan, Nancy, Setting Out on the Voyage. (University of Queensland Press, 1998) The adventures of the author from her idyllic harbourside home to wartime Britain.

Fiction

Alderson, Maggie, Pants on Fire (Penguin, 2001) Entertaining, modern, Bridget Jones’s Diary-style ‘chick- novel'. Set in Sydney, it follows the life and loves of magazine editor Georgina Abbott.

Carey, Peter, Oscar and Lucinda (1990),

Bliss (1981),

Illywhacker (1985),

Jack Maggs (1998) and

The True History of the Kelly Gang(2001), all Faber and Faber, and

Thirty Days in Sydney (Bloomsbury, 2001). Classics from the Australian Booker Prize-winning novelist.

Park, Ruth, Harp in the South (1951; Penguin, 2001) Tale of one family’s struggle against inner-city poverty set in the 1940s.

Park, Ruth, Playing Beatie Bow (1980; Barn Owl Books, 2001) Children’s fiction set in Sydney.

Food and entertainment

Evans and Hudson, Sydney Morning Herald Good Food Guide (annual) The most reliable guide to the city’s best restaurants.

Redenbach, Keith and Karl, Sydney Good Bar Guide (annual) Glossy guide to some of the city’s best bars.

History

Hughes, Robert, The Fatal Shore (1987; Vintage, 2003) A classic account of the arrival of Europeans in Australia.

Flannery, Tim (ed), The Birth of Sydney (Avalon, 2000) Early Sydney through the eyes of First Fleeters, explorers and dignitaries.

Sayer, Mandy and Nowra, Louis, In the Gutter, Looking at the Stars. An anthology of poetry and prose focusing on 200 years of life in Sydney’s best-known suburb – Kings Cross.

Travel and reference

Bryson, Bill, Down Under (Black Swan, 2001) A no-holds-barred look at Australia from the master of entertaining travel writing, including his long-awaited visit to the country’s true capital.

Cockington, James, Secret Sydney (New Holland, 2001) Walks guide featuring quirks and oddities around the city.

Park, Ruth, Ruth Park's Sydney (Duffy & Snellgrove, 2000) Updated version of the famous novelist’s 1960s guide to Sydney.

Smith, Seana, Sydney for Under Fives (Pan Macmillan, 2001) A comprehensive look at entertaining toddlers in Sydney.

Toghill, Jeff, Walking Sydney (New Holland, 2000) User-friendly guide to numerous trails within the city.

Surfers Paradise Hotels On Yahoo Travel

Travel Guides | Sydney | History and Background Sydney
		Flights Cheap flights to any destination worldwide click here		Car Rental Compare prices for worldwide car rental click here		Hotels Lowest prices on over 60,000 hotels worldwide click here		Travel Insurance Compare Travel Insurance prices click here