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- The Sunburnt Country, subtitled Profile of Australia, is an anthology book about Australia published in 1953. It features chapters by 17 members of The Society of Australian Writers in England who were prominent Australian and New Zealand authors living in Great Britain. The book was published to coincide with the Royal visit to Australia on February 3 1954. The Society, who formed in London in 1952, wrote the book as a "tribute, combined with the thought that it would be helpful to her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh on their tour of Australia". The book was published in England and an advance copy bound in kangaroo hide was accepted by the Queen as preparation for the tour. The authors decided The Sunburnt Country should be written without personal profit, so profits from the book went to charities nominated by the Duke of Edinburgh during his visit. The Duke chose charities Legacy (Australia) and The Playing Fields Association (England). At the conclusion of the Tour of Legacy House, Sydney, a cheque of £1,500 was presented by the Duke. The Queensland's share of the money was £154 and was divided between the 10 Legacy clubs in Queensland. By March 1954 the proceeds had amounted to £3,000. A competition was held by the News Chronicle in association with The Sunburnt Country. The first prize was a tour of Australia and was won by English farmer Sam Farrant. The Sunburnt Country was edited by Sydney writer Ian Bevan and published by Collins and Company. The jacket and end papers were designed by Loudon Sainthill. (en)
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- The Society of Australian Writers in Great Britain (en)
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* Anthology (en)
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- The Sunburnt Country (en)
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- The growth of cities has been the most obvious - and, to many, the most disturbing - aspect of Australia's development in the twentieth century. In particular, the cities of Sydney and Melbourne have swollen until between them they contain almost a third of the nation's people. (en)
- We think of it as a wide-open land; wide open for adventure, construction, development; wide open for living. We think of it as a wonderful place - not perfect, but wonderful; and this is an attempt to portray the imperfections and the wonder in a way which will inform those who have never thought about Australia at all, and perhaps challenge those who think about it to the exclusion of all else. (en)
- The men and women who inhabit the Australian continent have developed, though not perhaps perfected, a way pf life which they feel has a quality of its own, a quality to be defended if necessary by force, and certainly by argument. (en)
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- The Sunburnt country : profile of Australia. London: Collins and Company. 1953. p. 55. (en)
- The Sunburnt country : profile of Australia. London: Collins and Company. 1953. p. 147. (en)
- The Sunburnt country : profile of Australia. London: Collins and Company. 1953. p. 15. (en)
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- The Sunburnt Country, subtitled Profile of Australia, is an anthology book about Australia published in 1953. It features chapters by 17 members of The Society of Australian Writers in England who were prominent Australian and New Zealand authors living in Great Britain. The book was published to coincide with the Royal visit to Australia on February 3 1954. The Society, who formed in London in 1952, wrote the book as a "tribute, combined with the thought that it would be helpful to her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh on their tour of Australia". The book was published in England and an advance copy bound in kangaroo hide was accepted by the Queen as preparation for the tour. (en)
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