Download or read book 30 Australian Legends and Icons written by Anne Bower Ingram and published by Random House Australia. This book was released on 2006 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Australia is an extraordinary country. Our past is filled with pioneers and bushrangers, brave soldiers and record-breaking athletes. We've created foods eaten nowhere else in the world and we're the home of Big Things. Australians are intrepid explorers, wacky inventors, celebrated artists and daring lifesavers. This book contains thirty of our most time-honoured icons, from the Sydney Opera House and jars of Vegemite to Phar Lap's glory and the tradition of Anzac. Take a tour through the large legends and little-known facts that make Australia truly unique.