257 pages, indexed. The pages are lightly rubbed, else immaculate. Overseas customers please note packed the book will way over a kilo and attract additional postage. "Great Australian Speeches brings together a diverse and often moving collection of over 50 speeches ranging from colonial times to the present day. Some have resonated with a power enough to shape the nation; others encapsulate the best - and worst of the Australian character. This selection proves that stirring oratory is not simply the preserve of politicians and military figures." (publisher)