John Rickard was the author of two prize-winning books, Class and Politics: New South Wales, Victoria and the Early Commonwealth, 1890-1910 and H.B. Higgins: The Rebel as Judge. Janet McCalman has described his innovative book about the family of Alfred Deakin, A Family Romance, as ‘elegant, discreet and imaginative’ and ‘scholarship of skill and sensitivity’. His Monash University Publishing titles included: An Imperial Affair – a moving story about John’s own parents, and Australia: A Cultural History.
Rickard wrote widely on Australian culture and biography. In his youth he worked as an actor and singer. He was an emeritus professor at Monash University.
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Mount Beauty Writers Festival
Mount Beauty Community Centre
Kiewa Cres, Mount Beauty, VIC, Australia
Mount Beauty Writers Festival ABOUT Everyone has a story ... Come and enjoy the stories of award winning authors in the picturesque Alpine setting of Mount Beauty, awarded Tourism Victoria's...
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Richard King at Totally Lit (WA)
Fremantle Prison
Enter via Main Gatehouse, 1 The Terrace, Fremantle, WA
How is technology shaping the crime and law enforcement landscape? Best-selling crime fiction author Alan Carter and Assistant Police Commissioner Arlene Mavratsou share the stage with writer and academic Richard...
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Elise Stephenson at Blue Door Books – YASS
Blue Door Books
135 Comur St, Yass, NSW
Join us for an unforgettable afternoon with Dr Elise Stephenson author of the brilliant 'Space XX'. After leading world first research Dr Elise Stephenson shares a story of the space...
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The Places that Made Social Work in Melbourne 1887-1940 – a historical walking tour
Royal Historical Society of Victoria
239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC
This walk will be led by social worker historian Jane Miller drawing on the research in her book For Social Betterment – Social Work Education in Australia (2024). Commencing at...
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Author Talk: The Remarkable Greig Sisters by Iola Mathews
RHSV
239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
The Greig sisters arrived in Melbourne in 1889 in search of a university education. Jane and Janet would be among the first women doctors in Australia, and Flos became the...
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Mount Beauty Writers Festival
Mount Beauty Community Centre Kiewa Cres, Mount Beauty, VIC, AustraliaMount Beauty Writers Festival ABOUT Everyone has a story ... Come and enjoy the stories of award winning authors in the picturesque Alpine setting of Mount Beauty, awarded Tourism Victoria's...
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Richard King at Totally Lit (WA)
Fremantle Prison Enter via Main Gatehouse, 1 The Terrace, Fremantle, WAHow is technology shaping the crime and law enforcement landscape? Best-selling crime fiction author Alan Carter and Assistant Police Commissioner Arlene Mavratsou share the stage with writer and academic Richard...
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Elise Stephenson at Blue Door Books – YASS
Blue Door Books 135 Comur St, Yass, NSWJoin us for an unforgettable afternoon with Dr Elise Stephenson author of the brilliant 'Space XX'. After leading world first research Dr Elise Stephenson shares a story of the space...
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The Places that Made Social Work in Melbourne 1887-1940 – a historical walking tour
Royal Historical Society of Victoria 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VICThis walk will be led by social worker historian Jane Miller drawing on the research in her book For Social Betterment – Social Work Education in Australia (2024). Commencing at...
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Author Talk: The Remarkable Greig Sisters by Iola Mathews
RHSV 239 A'Beckett Street, Melbourne, VIC, AustraliaThe Greig sisters arrived in Melbourne in 1889 in search of a university education. Jane and Janet would be among the first women doctors in Australia, and Flos became the...
