Australia Rebuilt

Thirty Australian marvels racing to 2050, and most of the country has no idea.

The megaprojects, machines and breakthroughs quietly changing what this country can build, followed from the shed where they started to the factory floor. The real towns, the real people and the real numbers, in kilometres and dollars. One book, written plainly, yours the moment you pay.

  • A power station being dug 800 metres under the Snowy Mountains
  • The first combat aircraft designed in Australia in more than fifty years
  • A telescope of 131,072 antennas being planted in the outback of Western Australia
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Australia Rebuilt
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1934 Australia invents the ute, in Geelong
2017 The last car built at Elizabeth
30 Australian marvels racing to 2050

Who I am

I'm Tom Ashworth. Every week on Australia Rebuilt I take one Australian breakthrough and follow it from the shed where it started to the factory floor: the real towns, the people who refused to give up, and the one number that explains it, in kilometres and dollars.

This country invented the ute in Geelong and built its last car at Elizabeth in 2017. For a hundred and fifty years we dug up the rock, put it on a ship and bought it back worth ten times more. This book is about what Australia is building now, with the honest part nobody puts in the press release.

One book. Thirty marvels.

You've seen the videos. Now have the whole story in one book.

Every kind of marvel the channel follows, gathered in a single book you can read from the first page to the last. No engineering degree needed and no jargon left unexplained, just what this country is actually building, where, by whom, and what still stands in its way.

Australia Rebuilt

Australia's Century of Marvels

The thirty megaprojects and machines quietly rebuilding the country before 2050, each with its real place, its people and the one number that explains it.

  • Thirty Australian marvels racing to 2050: energy, minerals, flight and space, getting about, and defence
  • Every marvel at its real address, from the shed where it started to the factory floor
  • The one number behind each marvel, set against something you know: a ute, a road train, a footy field
  • Where Australia got there first, and why this time could be different
  • The honest part with every one: what is built, what is still a target, what stands in the way
  • Every figure in kilometres and dollars, explained plainly
  • Instant PDF download, large type, yours to keep
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What exactly do I get?
One ebook, as a PDF you download the moment your payment goes through: thirty Australian megaprojects and machines on their way to 2050, across energy, minerals, flight and space, getting about, and defence. Each one with its real place, the people building it, the one number that explains it, and the honest part. It's yours to keep.
Do I need to be an engineer to enjoy it?
No. Every idea is explained with something you already know: a ute with a trailer on the back, a road train on the Stuart Highway, a footy field, a cup of tea. If you can follow your power bill, you can follow this book.
Is it all good news?
No, and it would be worth less if it were. Every marvel comes with its honest part: what is still a prototype or a target, what is late or over budget, what is still built overseas, and the times this country has been burned before in the same field. Pride holds up better when it stands on the real figures.
Is it just the videos written out?
No. The videos are where the subjects come from. The book gathers thirty marvels in one place, takes each further than a video has time for, and checks every date and figure before it goes in.
Is it about politics?
No. No parties and no politicians. Governments and companies appear only as facts in the story: who decided what, when, and what it cost.
Will it tell me what to invest in?
No. It's about what is being built, not about shares. Nothing in it is investment advice, and where a figure is a forecast or an estimate, the book calls it one.
How do I read it? Do I need a special device?
No. It's a PDF in large type. Read it on your phone, tablet or computer, or print the pages you want.
Is the price in Australian dollars?
It's set in US dollars, so the exact amount in Australian dollars depends on the exchange rate on the day you pay. One payment, nothing to renew.
What if I don't like it?
Write to us within seven days and you get your money back. No questions asked.

Someone will tell you again this week.

At a barbecue, in the queue at the servo, on talkback in the ute: this country doesn't make anything any more. You'll think of the last Commodore leaving Elizabeth in October 2017, and the ships full of rock leaving Port Hedland, and you'll know how those stories went. What you won't have is the other half. Where Australia is building now, who is doing it, and the number that shows it's real.

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