Professor Geoffrey Blainey presents his view of Australia, past and present. Blainey takes a journey into Australia's past to explain today by looking at yesterday, exploring not only the major influences and events which have shaped our history, but also the smaller, less obvious changes that have transformed our daily lives. He challenges and questions our accepted views of many turning points in Australian history, from the gold rush to the Second World War, the Great Depression to the political events of 1975.