When a history of the Australian environment movement was published several years ago the joke that went around the environment movement was that the first (and sometimes the only thing) purveyors of the book would read was the index to check if their names It is important to begin by noting that there is plenty to like in this collection. While the weakest part of the book is undoubtedly that dealing with the nineteenth century, there are some fascinating insights provided by accounts of the 1865 Bread or Blood riots, the 1890 visit by Henry George, the various chapters on the early trade union movement and the women's suffrage struggles. Several excellent and well known chapters by Raymond 1
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