Pulse of the Nation

Journalist, Mark Day, embarked on a journey across Australia, inviting some of his friends to join him on his quest to find out the real Australia as the millennium approached. This text is Mark's look at the nation's aspirations, its fears, its icons, its dreamtime and multicultural makeup.

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Well-known journalist, Mark Day, embarked on a journey across Australia, inviting some of his friends (such as Tom Keneally and Ken Done) to join him on his quest to find out the real Australia as millennium approached. In his forthright, colourful and witty way, Mark puts a human face on a nation's aspirations, its fears, its icons, its dreamtime and multicultural makeup.