A Bicentennial year tribute to famous Australia mothers; Dame Mary Gilmour, Caroline Chisholm, Sarah Durack, Judith Wright and many others. Here is how they combined motherhood with demanding careers, encouraged their children, nurtured their talents and devoted themselves to disabled sons and daughters.  Includes a galaxy of famous people having their say about mothers: Nancy Reegan, Jeffrey Archer, Colleen McCullough, Michael Edgley, Hazel Hawke and others. For all of us who ever wondered, “How did Great-Grandma do it?!”