Böcker av Andrew Tink

Eighteenth century British convicts were sent to Botany Bay on the recommendation of 'Tommy' Townshend, a John Bull figure, and politician largely in Opposition. He also played a key role in settling the peace between Americans and Britons and determining the boundary between Canada and the United States. And was made a peer, Lord Sydney, in 1883.

Reveals the pivotal role that the tracking station at Honeysuckle Creek, near Canberra, played in the first moon landing. Andrew Tink gives a gripping account of the role of its director Tom Reid and his colleagues in transmitting some of the most-watched images in human history as Neil Armstrong took his first step.

Tells the story of Australia in the 20th century, from Federation to the Sydney 2000 Olympics. It was a century marked by the trauma of war and the despair of the depression, balanced by extraordinary achievements in sport, science and the arts. Tink's story is driven by people, whether they be prime ministers, soldiers, shopkeepers, singers, footballers or farmers; men or women, Australian born, immigrant or Aborigine.