A Pictorial History of Australia

Published by Summit Books, 1978, hardcover, large format, illustrated, 317 pages, some minor wear to dust jacket otherwise condition: basically as new.

One of the authors, Rex  Rienits  was an Australian writer of radio, films, plays and TV. He was a journalist before becoming one of the leading radio writers in Australia. He moved to England in 1949and worked for a number of years there. He later returned to Australia and worked on early local TV drama. According to Richard Lane, Rienits "was the most affable and generous of men; warm in his friendships, generous with his time and in his efforts to help those still with the ladder to scale. Above all, he was utterly dedicated to the propagation of Australian history, art and playwriting."

He and his wife wrote the book The Voyages of Captain Cook, The Voyages of Columbus and A Pictorial History of Australia. Sales of these three books exceeded 250,000. His wife, Thea, regularly collaborated on his projects as a researcher and co author.