A City Lost And Found Whelan The Wreckers Melbourne 1st Edition Robyn Annear by Robyn Annear 9781922231413, 192223141X instant download after payment.

The demolition firm of Whelan the Wrecker was a Melbourne institution for a hundred years (1892-1992). Its famous sign - 'Whelan the Wrecker is Here' on a pile of shifting rubble - was a laconic masterpiece & served as a vital sign of the city's progress. It's no stretch to say that over three generations, the Whelan family changed the face of Melbourne, demolishing hundreds of buildings in the central city alone. 

In A City Lost & Found, Robyn Annear uses Whelan's demolition sites as portals to explore layers of the city laid bare by their pick-axes & iron balls. Peering beneath the rubble, she brings to light fantastic stories about Melbourne's building sites and their many incarnations. This is a book about the making - and remaking - of a city. 

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Robyn Annear is the author of six books of history, including Bearbrass: Imagining Early Melbourne, Nothing but Gold: The Diggers of 1852 and, most recently, Nothing New: a History of Second-hand. Her podcast 'Nothing on TV' presents stories from Trove historical newspapers.

Robyn Annear is an ex-typist who lives in country Victoria with somebody else's husband. She is the author of A City Lost & Found, Bearbrass, Nothing But Gold, The Man Who Lost Himself, & Fly a Rebel Flag. She has also written several pieces for the Monthly magazine.