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The newspaper headline of July 29th 1980, Yellow Peril to go'', said it all. After barely three months of holding centre stage in Melbourne''s new City Square amidst a barrage of abuse, the bright yellow sculpture was carted off to be re-erected at Batman Park in a rather neglected corner of the city. Here Vault, as the sculpture was eventually named by its creator, Ron Robertson-Swann, remained until... Peril in the Square follows the highs and lows of Vault, Ron Robertson-Swann''s bright yellow abstract sculpture dubbed by its detractors as the Yellow Peril''. Vault was the catalyst for the most furious debate over the rights and wrongs of art in public places ever witnessed in Australia. Richly illustrated with nearly 100 photographs, most of them in colour, Peril in the Square'' will give readers the full story of Melbourne''s best-known public art work, from its beginnings as a maquette that shocked the city council in the late 1970s, all the way to its present resurrection'' at Southbank.

On 12 October 2002, Bali seemed to crumble overnight, when hundreds of tourists and locals who were enjoying themselves became victims of two horrific bomb blasts. The bombs took the lives of 202 people -- 88 of whom were Australians, and severely injured many more. The Bali bombing brought Australians closer to the terror which has dominated world headlines for over a year. This book presents a comprehensive summary of the event, the investigation and the main perpetrators. Dewi''s work as an Indonesian journalist in Australia puts her in a unique position to observe and understand how the tragedy of the Bali bombing has played out in Australia, Bali and elsewhere in Indonesia. Indonesians and foreign observers alike have been pondering whether ''Indonesian Islam'' remains as moderate, liberal and tolerant as many had believed. Part of this book is about Dewi''s own journey through this pondering. Includes: Map of Eastern Indonesia; Plan of Kuta, showing Sari Club and Paddy''s Bar; four colour plates of Kuta and the main perpetrators of the bombing.