Download or read book Social Sketches of Australia written by Humphrey McQueen and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new edition is about the lives and times of ordinary people from 1888 to the present. Unlike more conventional histories, it uses little-known accounts ranging from regional histories to pen portraits, anecdotes and diaries.