'Men and women of Australia!' : our greatest modern speeches

"This edition includes Kevin Rudd's Apology to the Stolen Generations and Julia Gillard's Misogyny speech-two speeches that captured the country's imagination. Among others are Noel Pearson's Hope Vale speech, Les Carlyon on Fromelles, Geoffrey Rush on acting the goat, Tim Winton on our oceans, Tony Abbott's speech on closing the gap, and Malcolm Turnbull's tribute to Robert Hughes. Also included are speeches by notable visitors to Australia-leading figures of the twentieth century such as Nelson Mandela, Barack Obama and Aung San Suu Kyi. Drawn from politics, history, sport and culture, Men and Women of Australia! is the definitive collection of Australian speeches."
"A celebration of the greatest Australian speeches, collected by a speechwriter. Covering subjects such as politics, human rights, sport and the arts and written with courage, humour and passion. Each speech will be prefaced by the background of the author and the circumstances and historical contect of the speech."@en