In December 1941, when Australians began to sense that they were plunged into a new environment, the spectacles they had carried out from Britain were obsolete. They needed spectacles that would correct short-sightedness. They had to see the environment they were in as clearly as the environment they had left across the world.


The Tyranny of Distance: How Distance Shaped Australia's History (1966)

Geoffrey Blainey Quotes

In December 1941, when Australians began to sense that they were plunged into a new environment, the spectacles they had carried out from Britain...

In December 1941, when Australians began to sense that they were plunged into a new environment, the spectacles they had carried out from Britain...

In December 1941, when Australians began to sense that they were plunged into a new environment, the spectacles they had carried out from Britain...

In December 1941, when Australians began to sense that they were plunged into a new environment, the spectacles they had carried out from Britain...