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Michael Cannon

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 BoomersThe 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.

Michael Cannon

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  • The Vagabond Papers

    Michael Cannon, Robert G. Flippen and Willa McDonald

Events

Launch: Brown. Female. Doctor. (Invitation Only)

Pran Central Shopping Centre 325 Chapel Street, Prahran, VIC, Australia

Brown. Female. Doctor. A Memoir by Dr Sarah Arachchi A conversation event with Dr Sarah Arachchi, Shivani Gopal, and Professor Michelle Leech. When: Thursday 15 May Time: 7.00 for 7.30pm start Venue: Bossy...

Author event: Tracey Kirkland & Gavin Fang – Age of Doubt

Gleebooks 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, New South Wales

Today, trust seems harder to find than ever before. It’s hardly surprising we feel that way. Our politics is polarised, our online world is awash with misinformation, and we’ve lost...