Michael Cannon was born in Brisbane in 1929. He matriculated at Geelong College at the age of 16, and spent the following decades working on leading daily newspapers including the Melbourne Herald, the Argus, the Age and the Sydney Morning Herald. In the 1960s he was founding editor of the Sunday Observer and Sunday Review. His best-selling historical works included The Land Boomers, The Exploration of Australia, and The Human Face of the Great Depression. He also edited the multi-volume State project Historical Records of Victoria from its original volumes throughout the 1980s.
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The Vagabond Papers
Michael Cannon, Robert G. Flippen and Willa McDonald
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The Vagabond Papers
Michael Cannon, Robert G. Flippen and Willa McDonald
Events
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Book launch | Monash University Low FODMAP: The Cookbook (Invitation Only)
Monash University Caulfield
Monash Art, Design and Architecture Exhibition Space,, Caulfield
120 delicious and easy-to-follow recipes developed by the founders of the FODMAP diet This is the perfect cooking companion to better manage symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Offering 120...
Book Launch: The Uncertainty Effect by Michelle Lazarus
Matheson Library
Monash University, Clayton, VIC
To be launched by Professor Sharon Pickering A smart, practical book that shows us how to navigate uncertain times In an age of pandemic and economic precarity, how can we...
Bendigo Writers Festival featuring Simon Holmes à Court, Cathy McGowan and Richard Denniss
The Capital
50 View Street, Bendigo, VIC
Be sure to catch our featured authors at the Bendigo Writers Festival 2023.
Brisbane Writers Festival featuring Tony Wellington, Ian Lowe, Mary Ryllis Clark, Tracey Kirkland and Gavin Fang
State Library of Queensland
Cultural Precinct, Stanley Pl, South Brisbane, QLD
Be sure to catch our featured authors at the 2023 Brisbane Writers Festival. See the full program for details.
Justice in Kelly Country book talk by Lachlan Strahan (National Trust Australian Heritage Festival Event, Glenroy)
Glenroy Community Hub Library
50 Wheatsheaf Road, Glenroy, VIC
Partway through the Jerilderie Letter, Ned Kelly accused Senior Constable Anthony Strahan of threatening to shoot him ‘like a dog’. Two days after Anthony reputedly made his threat, Ned and...
Book launch | Monash University Low FODMAP: The Cookbook (Invitation Only)
Monash University Caulfield Monash Art, Design and Architecture Exhibition Space,, Caulfield120 delicious and easy-to-follow recipes developed by the founders of the FODMAP diet This is the perfect cooking companion to better manage symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Offering 120...
Book Launch: The Uncertainty Effect by Michelle Lazarus
Matheson Library Monash University, Clayton, VICTo be launched by Professor Sharon Pickering A smart, practical book that shows us how to navigate uncertain times In an age of pandemic and economic precarity, how can we...
Bendigo Writers Festival featuring Simon Holmes à Court, Cathy McGowan and Richard Denniss
The Capital 50 View Street, Bendigo, VICBe sure to catch our featured authors at the Bendigo Writers Festival 2023.
Brisbane Writers Festival featuring Tony Wellington, Ian Lowe, Mary Ryllis Clark, Tracey Kirkland and Gavin Fang
State Library of Queensland Cultural Precinct, Stanley Pl, South Brisbane, QLDBe sure to catch our featured authors at the 2023 Brisbane Writers Festival. See the full program for details.
Justice in Kelly Country book talk by Lachlan Strahan (National Trust Australian Heritage Festival Event, Glenroy)
Glenroy Community Hub Library 50 Wheatsheaf Road, Glenroy, VICPartway through the Jerilderie Letter, Ned Kelly accused Senior Constable Anthony Strahan of threatening to shoot him ‘like a dog’. Two days after Anthony reputedly made his threat, Ned and...
