Mick and Anne - seen this? $70 to buy or free to download.
http://epress.anu.edu.au/titles/shaping-a-nation
Details from site are:
Due to file size, Shaping a Nation is only available as individual chapter files.
Preliminary pages (1.7 MB)
Australia and the Australian people (9 MB)
Australia in time and space (13 MB)
Living Australia (6 MB)
Out of Gondwana (10.6 MB)
Old, flat and redAustralias distinctive landscape (11 MB)
Living on the edgewaterfront views (8.5 MB)
Groundwaterlifeblood of the continent (10 MB)
Foundations of wealthAustralias major mineral provinces (8.5 MB)
Sustaining Australias wealtheconomic growth from a stable base (6 MB)
Deep heatAustralias energy future? (12.7 MB)
Advance Australia Fair (2.7 MB)
Index (1 MB)