Retired from a long career at the National Library of Australia, Kepars cites and evaluates 441 references on the capital of New South Wales, the host city of the 2000 Olympic Games. He arranges them in sections on the people; guidebooks; the harbor; biographies, autobiographies, memoirs, letters, and diaries; history; flora, fauna, and geology; population, religion; society and social conditions; and other broad areas. He indexes authors and titles as well as subjects, and includes two maps. c. Book News Inc.

This book surveys homes still remaining which were constructed within the first 50 years of the colony of New South Wales.

The world's major architecture is described, explained, and frequently illustrated. Scope is widened to include more architecture from non-European countries.