Australian Bicentenary A new musical "Manning Clark's History of Australia", directed by John Bell, that was loosely based on the life of historian Manning Clark opened in January at Princess Theatre (Melbourne) to coincide with the Bicentenary, but facing poor reviews and concomitant lack of attendance, closed before the end of February. Significant improvements to Australian roads were made through the "Australian Bicentennial Road Development Program". The event triggered debate on Australian national identity, Aboriginal rights, historical interpretation and multiculturalism. The event was widely viewed as controversial. Planning for the event raised issues of national identity and historical interpretation. Some wanted to
Francesca Solleville songs against Nazism, Francoism and the Vietnam War. Equally, she supported the workers' cause ("Le Chant des ouvriers"). In 1971, she recorded with Marcel Mouloudji and Armand Mestral "La Commune en chantant", a homage to 100 years of the Paris Commune. In 1975, she released "Chants d'exil et de lutte" based on the texts of Pablo Neruda. In 1988, she celebrated the bicentenary of the French Revolution with "Musique, citoyennes !". Allain Leprest wrote the words of her album "Al Dente" (1994). In 2004, she published her autobiography, "A piena voce", written with the collaboration of Marc Legras. In 2009,