The Art of Living in Australia; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken was written after Phillip Muskett spent three years studying the eating habits in Australia. He felt that the Australian people had not taken advantage of their natural resources such as deep-sea fishing and their semitropical climate when choosing their diet. Muskett discusses the health problems in the population related to their diet. He also talks about the diet given to the children in the schools.