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David Hastings

David Hastings is an Australian/New Zealand journalist and historian. He began working as a copy boy on the Melbourne Sun in 1970 and ended in 2013 as editor of the Weekend Herald. His published histories include Over the Mountains of the Sea: Life on the Migrant Ships 1870–1885Extra! Extra! How the People Made the News, and The Many Deaths of Mary Dobie: Murder, Politics and Revenge in Nineteenth-Century New Zealand.

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  • Odyssey of the Unknown Anzac

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Events

Book Launch: My Father’s Shadow by Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo

The Taproom Dja Dja Wurrung Country, 9 Walker Street, Castlemaine, VIC

Join us for a Books at the Brewery conversation with Sandra Goldbloom Zurbo and Robyn Annear My Father’s Shadow is a portrait of life on the Left during a time...

Book Event: ANU Meet the Author with Isabelle Reinecke (Canberra)

Kambri Cultural Centre 153 University Avenue, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT

Isabelle Reinecke will be in conversation with Kim Rubenstein on Courting Power: Law, Democracy & the Public Interest in Australia. In Courting Power, Isabelle Reinecke, founder of public interest litigation incubator Grata...