Asbestos Nation
The Story of the Most Dangerous Dust in Australia
$31.99
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
1 August 2026
Summary
For the first time, the full story of asbestos use and tragic misuse in our country
This is a uniquely Australian story. We have consumed asbestos goods like few other countries, for example using it to build the ubiquitous fibro houses in new suburbs after World War II. But the story of asbestos goes back to a Gundagai mine in 1878 and the dreams of industry for the so-called ‘magic mineral’.
Touted as a safety material that would fireproof our clothes and en…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781923451124 |
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| ISBN-10: | 192345112X |
| Author: | Dr James Watson |
| Publisher: | Monash University Publishing |
| Imprint: | Monash University Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 153mm x 234mm |
Dr James Watson
James Watson is a historian at the Australian National University. His doctoral thesis, a social history of the use of asbestos in Australia, won the Patrick Troy Memorial Prize. He previously worked as a paralegal in Sydney, where he attended the bedside testimonies of asbestos-disease sufferers and represented clients in court. His writing has appeared in History Australia and Labour History. He is currently working on a biography of the geologist and Australian Museum director Robert Etheridge Jr. He lives in Canberra.
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