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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

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...