This glossy pictorial book about Australian life, culture and the nation’s people is the source of a famous quote about football. The text by the renowned author of My Brother Jack, includes a chapter on sport where he observes (on page 256) that in Melbourne each winter football takes hold like a
'mad contagion'.
Photographs in this work are by Robert Goodman. One of these photographs, on page 257, of a young and very excited young boy barracking for his team, was used as the cover for Matthew Klugman's book, 'Passion Play', which is about football fans.