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Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Colleen McCullough, Roden Cutler, VC: The biography, 2001
... diplomats - australia - biography...Monbulk RSL Sub Branch 48 Main Road Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges diplomats - australia - biography governors - new south wales - biography Roden Cutler's list of honours is long and impressive, but it is his sole decoration, the Victoria Cross, that marks him as a hero. ...Roden Cutler's list of honours is long and impressive, but it is his sole decoration, the Victoria Cross, that marks him as a hero. Colleen McCullough vividly shows us the life and times of the young soldier who came back from the war determined to continue to support his mother, but, having lost a leg, with no idea how to do so. Yet by the age of 29 he was the Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand, and went on to achieve a distinguished diplomatic career including 15 years as the Governor of New South Wales. His story is embedded in Australian history, and part of it.ill (maps), p.416.non-fictionRoden Cutler's list of honours is long and impressive, but it is his sole decoration, the Victoria Cross, that marks him as a hero. Colleen McCullough vividly shows us the life and times of the young soldier who came back from the war determined to continue to support his mother, but, having lost a leg, with no idea how to do so. Yet by the age of 29 he was the Australian High Commissioner to New Zealand, and went on to achieve a distinguished diplomatic career including 15 years as the Governor of New South Wales. His story is embedded in Australian history, and part of it. diplomats - australia - biography, governors - new south wales - biography -
Monbulk RSL Sub BranchBook, Miegunyah Press, Trusty and well beloved : a life of Keith Officer, Australia's first diplomat, 2009
... Monbulk RSL Sub Branch 48 Main Road Monbulk yarra-valley-and-the-dandenong-ranges Australian - Foreign relations - 20th century Diplomatic service - Australia - 20th century A biography of Keith Officer, soldier, conservative politician and diplomat Index, bibliography, notes, ill, p.488. ...A biography of Keith Officer, soldier, conservative politician and diplomatIndex, bibliography, notes, ill, p.488.non-fictionA biography of Keith Officer, soldier, conservative politician and diplomataustralian - foreign relations - 20th century, diplomatic service - australia - 20th century -
Sunshine and District Historical Society IncorporatedBook - Quite Special
... Brimbank Library, 301 Hampshire Road, Sunshine 3020. melbourne Women Lucy Hiam Mallika Kishen Maureen Parsons Bernice Mere Morris Susan Jennison Biographies of four women with very different backgrounds whose lives are entwined by elements of excitement, historical events, culture, humour and adventurous lifestyles. This book explores the lives of these women, a Chinese woman, the daughter of a diplomat who lived in many different parts of the world, an Australian born woman who lived in China and Russia, an Indian woman, who married and moved to the United States and a New Zealander, a former defence service member who became a world traveller. ...Biographies of four women with very different backgrounds whose lives are entwined by elements of excitement, historical events, culture, humour and adventurous lifestyles. This book explores the lives of these women, a Chinese woman, the daughter of a diplomat who lived in many different parts of the world, an Australian born woman who lived in China and Russia, an Indian woman, who married and moved to the United States and a New Zealander, a former defence service member who became a world traveller.Paperback book with pictures of the four women featured in the booknon-fictionBiographies of four women with very different backgrounds whose lives are entwined by elements of excitement, historical events, culture, humour and adventurous lifestyles. This book explores the lives of these women, a Chinese woman, the daughter of a diplomat who lived in many different parts of the world, an Australian born woman who lived in China and Russia, an Indian woman, who married and moved to the United States and a New Zealander, a former defence service member who became a world traveller.women, lucy hiam, mallika kishen, maureen parsons, bernice mere morris, susan jennison -
Unions BallaratHockey: not your average Joe (Don Woodward Collection), King, Madonna, 2014
... Australia to the United States. The book also contains personal biographical detail. Material is drawn from interviews with Hockey and others. Political and biographical interest. btlc ballarat trades hall ballarat trades and labour council hockey, joe biography treasurers - federal politics and government cabinet ministers ambassadors and diplomats liberal party australia national party australia Book; 328 pages. ...Joe Hockey was Treasurer in the Abbott (Liberal Coalition) ministry. He also served in the Howard (Liberal Coalition) ministry. The book was written when he was still an MP and speculated upon whether he would ever become Prime Minister of Australia. However he is no longer in parliament and went on to become the Ambassador of Australia to the United States. The book also contains personal biographical detail. Material is drawn from interviews with Hockey and others.Political and biographical interest.Book; 328 pages. Front cover: blue background; colour photograph of Joe Hockey; white lettering; author's name and title.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, hockey, joe, biography, treasurers - federal, politics and government, cabinet ministers, ambassadors and diplomats, liberal party australia, national party australia -
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Beazley : a biography (Don Woodward Collection), FitzSimons, Peter et al, 1998
... Biography of Kim Beazley who is a former diplomat, ALP federal MP, deputy prime minister and leader of the opposition. Beazley was part of the Hawke/Keating cabinet and served in such roles as Minister for Defence and Minister for Finance. Biographical interest - Kim Beazley. Relevant to Australian ...Biography of Kim Beazley who is a former diplomat, ALP federal MP, deputy prime minister and leader of the opposition. Beazley was part of the Hawke/Keating cabinet and served in such roles as Minister for Defence and Minister for Finance.Biographical interest - Kim Beazley. Relevant to Australian politics and the Hawke/Keating era of government.Paper; book. Dust jacket: blue background; with a colour photograph of Kim Beazley; gold and white lettering; author's name and title. Cover: black; gold lettering; author's name and title on spine.btlc, ballarat trades hall, ballarat trades and labour council, beazley, kim, biography, alp, australian labor party, cabinet, government, politics, deputy prime minister, prime minister, hawke, bob, keating, paul, government ministry, ambassadors and diplomats
