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
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Latest Past Events
Book Launch – What the Trees See (Melbourne)
Hill of Content Bookshop
Level 2, 86 Bourke Street, Melbourne
Hill of Content Bookshop and Monash University Publishing are delighted to invite you to the launch of: What the Trees See: A Wander Through Millennia of Natural History in Australia...
Book Launch – Variations: A More Diverse Picture of Contemporary Art (Melbourne)
Storey Hall
Building 16, RMIT University, 336/348 Swanston St, Melbourne
Join us to celebrate the book launch of Variations: A More Diverse Picture of Contemporary Art by Tristen Harwood, Grace McQuilten and Anthony White. The event will feature short readings...
Book Event: ANU Meet the Author with Isabelle Reinecke (Canberra)
Kambri Cultural Centre
153 University Avenue, Australian National University, Canberra
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...
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Latest Past Events
Book Launch – What the Trees See (Melbourne)
Hill of Content Bookshop Level 2, 86 Bourke Street, MelbourneHill of Content Bookshop and Monash University Publishing are delighted to invite you to the launch of: What the Trees See: A Wander Through Millennia of Natural History in Australia...
Book Launch – Variations: A More Diverse Picture of Contemporary Art (Melbourne)
Storey Hall Building 16, RMIT University, 336/348 Swanston St, MelbourneJoin us to celebrate the book launch of Variations: A More Diverse Picture of Contemporary Art by Tristen Harwood, Grace McQuilten and Anthony White. The event will feature short readings...
Book Event: ANU Meet the Author with Isabelle Reinecke (Canberra)
Kambri Cultural Centre 153 University Avenue, Australian National University, CanberraIsabelle 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...
