The Endless Playground

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The Endless Playground is written by National Library of Australia and published by National Library Australia. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0642107246 (ISBN 10) and 9780642107244 (ISBN 13).

This lavishly illustrated book takes a broad sweep through the history of Australian childhood, from the early nineteenth century to the present. Drawing on material from the Library's Pictorial, Manuscript, Ephemera and Newspaper Collections, and using excerpts from the Oral History Collection, in addition to specially commissioned feature articles from Robert Holden, and children's writers Steven Herrick, Ursula Dubosarsky and Jack Bedson, the book surveys and celebrates two centuries of growing up in Australia.