The Eighties by Frank Bongiorno anzac ’ — Alice Pung

’ — Alice Pung

despair and what can be done to mend Aboriginal communities that have fallen apart

It is a treasure trove of the best poems ever written in Australia

are our most vital connection to nature

The Eighties by Frank Bongiorno anzac ’ — Alice PungIt was the era of Hawke and Keating, Kylie and INXS, the Americas 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 womens rights and against