This book is the first of a three volume set especially produced as part of the Victorian 150th year celebrations back in 1984. So that was 38 yar ago and now they are probably already thinking about Victoria's 200th year party. It does not have a story line but is more a chronological listing of immigration events, about how people got here and where from. I picked up on a few anecdotes like the three German engineers who were suspended from the Board of Works because they would not sing God Save the Queen each day when the Boer War was on. Now during my time at the Board for over 30 yar we were never asked to sing the national anthem. There was also the story of Franz Stampfl, a legendary athletics coach, who we met at the Melb Uni track in the 1970's. Not long after that he was made a quadriplegic when a car hit his car while staionary at the lights. Reading thru this stuff is a bit of a slog.
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