Spring Reading. [review]

Abstract

This article is a collection of brief reviews of various books, including: Weston Bate, "Lucky City: The First Generation at Ballarat, 1851-1901"; Julietta Jameson, "Christmas Island Indian Ocean"; Christine Trimingham Jack, "Growing Good Catholic Girls: Education and Convent Life in Australia"; Helen O'Neill, "Life Without Limits: The Remarkable Story of David Pescud and His Fight For Survival in a Sea of Words"; Shane Gould, "Tumble Turns"; Len Johnson "Love Letters From a War: The Letters of Corporal John Leslie Johnson and his Family, June 1940 - May 1941"; Bruce Elder, "Remember When: Reflections on a Changing Australia"; Clare Brown, "Driven By Ideas: The Story of Arthur Bishop, A Great Australian Inventor".