Contents: Sydney Ball -- Charles Blackman -- Peter Booth -- Arthur Boyd -- Robert Boynes -- John Brack -- Gunter Christmann -- John Coburn -- Kevin Connor -- Ray Crooke-- Janet Dawson -- William Delafield Cook -- Stephen Earle -- John Firth-Smith -- Donald Friend -- Sam Fullbrook -- Guy Grey-Smith -- Dale Hickey -- Robert Hunter -- Robert Jacks-- Michael Johnson -- Col Jordan -- Roger Kemp -- Richard Larter-- Donald Laycock -- Alun Leach-Jones -- Keith Looby -- Elwyn Lynn -- Rodney Milgate -- Sidney Nolan -- Justin O’Brien -- Alan Oldfield -- Margaret Olley -- John Olsen -- Stanislaw Ostoja-Kotkowski -- Paul Partos -- John Peart-- John Perceval -- Peter Powditch -- David Rankin -- Rollin Schlicht -- Michael Shannon -- Garry Shead -- Jeffrey Smart -- Tim Storrier -- Guy Stuart -- Edwin Tanner -- Michael Taylor -- Stan de Teliga -- Albert Tucker-- Robin Wallace-Crabbe -- Guy Warren -- Brett Whiteley -- Fred Williams.

The book shows works by painters who were in the forefront of the Australian art scene during 1970 to 1974. It concentrates on the work of painters who operate in the more familiar manner, although one or two of the works included could not technically be defined as paintings.