The Many Lives Of Kenneth Myer
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The Many Lives Of Kenneth Myer
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Author : Sue Ebury
language : en
Publisher: The Miegunyah Press
Release Date : 2008
The Many Lives Of Kenneth Myer written by Sue Ebury and has been published by The Miegunyah Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
When Kenneth Baillieu Myer's father fell dead on the footpath in 1934, Ken's life changed in an instant. As the eldest son of the Jewish immigrant retailing genius, Sidney Baevski Myer, who went from pedlar to philanthropist millionaire in fifteen years, 13-year-old Ken was immediately acknowledged as head of the family. Despite a conventional education at Geelong Grammar and a year at Princeton University, Ken was an unconventional man. He had hit headlines when he was born and continued to make news throughout his life-as the powerful Executive Chairman of Myer; in his refusal to be Governor-General of Australia; with his separation and divorce from his wife Prue and remarriage to a Japanese woman half his age, Yasuko Hiraoka; as Chairman of the Victorian Arts Centre and the National Library of Australia; and during his disastrous years as Chairman of the ABC-a reward for signing the 'Myer It's time' letter, acknowledged by Whitlam as influential in bringing the Labor Party to power in 1972. Ken Myer introduced Australia to the first regional shopping centres, with Chadstone changing the face of the Australian landscape. Parking meters, state of the art information systems at the National Library of Australia, ground-breaking medical research at The Howard Florey Institute and genetic engineering at CSIRO were all facilitated by him. Visionary and romantic, he was depressive and driven, charming one moment, icy the next. Unpretentious and a passionate conservationist, he was generous both publicly and anonymously, giving away his fortune and in doing so founding modern philanthropy in Australia. Happiest when finally free of the Store, he died with his wife Yasuko in a light plane crash in Alaska in 1992. With unprecedented access to family documents, Sue Ebury paints a vivid portrait of the many aspects of Ken Myer's life, and the man himself.
The Bibliography Of Australasian Judaica 1788 2008
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Author : Serge Liberman
language : en
Publisher: Hybrid Publishers
Release Date : 2018-11-01
The Bibliography Of Australasian Judaica 1788 2008 written by Serge Liberman and has been published by Hybrid Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-01 with Social Science categories.
This bibliography includes all traceable self-contained books, monographs, pamphlets and chapters from books which in some way pertain to Jews in Australia and New Zealand between 1788 and 2008 Born in Russia in 1942, Serge Liberman came to Australia in 1951, where he now works as a medical practitioner. As author of several short-story collections including On Firmer Shores, A Universe of Clowns, The Life That I Have Led, and The Battered and the Redeemed, he has three times received the Alan Marshall Award and has also been a recipient of the NSW Premier's Literary Award. In addition, he is compiler of two previous editions of A Bibliography of Australian Judaica. Several of his titles have been set as study texts in Australian and British high schools and universities. His literary work has been widely published; he has been Editor and Literary Editor of several respected journals and has contributed to many other publications.
Dictionary Of World Biography
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Author : Barry Jones
language : en
Publisher: ANU Press
Release Date : 2022-11-30
Dictionary Of World Biography written by Barry Jones and has been published by ANU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-30 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Jones, Barry Owen (1932– ). Australian politician, writer and lawyer, born in Geelong. Educated at Melbourne High School and Melbourne University, he was a public servant, high school teacher, television and radio performer, university lecturer and lawyer before serving as a Labor MP in the Victorian Parliament 1972–77 and the Australian House of Representatives 1977–98. He took a leading role in reviving the Australian film industry and abolishing the death penalty in Australia, and was the first politician to raise public awareness of global warming, the ‘post‑industrial’ society, the IT revolution, biotechnology, the rise of ‘the Third Age’ and the need to preserve Antarctica as a wilderness. In the *Hawke Government, he was Minister for Science 1983–90, Prices and Consumer Affairs 1987, Small Business 1987–90 and Customs 1988–90. He became a member of the Executive Board of UNESCO, Paris 1991–95 and National President of the Australian Labor Party 1992–2000, 2005–06. He was Deputy Chairman of the Constitutional Convention 1998. His books include Decades of Decision 1860– (1965), Joseph II (1968) and Age of Apocalypse (1975), and he edited The Penalty Is Death (1968, revised and expanded 2022). Sleepers, Wake! Technology and the Future of Work was published by Oxford University Press in 1982, became a bestseller and has been translated into Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Swedish and braille. The fourth edition was published in 1995. Knowledge Courage Leadership: Insights & Reflections, a collection of speeches and essays, appeared in 2016. He received a DSc in 1988 for his services to science and a DLitt in 1993 for his work on information theory. Elected FTSE (1992), FAHA (1993), FAA (1996) and FASSA (2003), he is the only person to have become a Fellow of four of Australia’s five learned Academies. Awarded an AO in 1993, named as one of Australia’s 100 ‘living national treasures’ in 1997, he was elected a Visiting Fellow Commoner of Trinity College, Cambridge in 1999. His autobiography, A Thinking Reed, was published in 2006 and The Shock of Recognition, about music and literature, in 2016. In 2014 he received an AC for services ‘as a leading intellectual in Australian public life’. What Is to Be Done was published by Scribe in 2020.
Davis Mccaughey A Life
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Author : Sarah Martin
language : en
Publisher: UNSW Press
Release Date : 2012-11
Davis Mccaughey A Life written by Sarah Martin and has been published by UNSW Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A fascinating and enigmatic man, Davis McCaughey was a theologian equally at home in the secular world. As Governor of Victoria (1986–1992), deputy chancellor of Melbourne University and master of the prestigious Ormond College for twenty years. McCaughey played a ground-breaking role in Australian public life. Sarah Martin’s compelling biography explores the character and achievements of a man who transcended his deeply conservative roots in Belfast to champion radical student politics. A pivotal figure in the creation of the Uniting Church in Australia, McCaughey was also regarded by many, including Manning Clark, as one of the greatest public speakers of his era.
The Changing Face Of Arts Audiences
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Author : Volker Kirchberg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998
The Changing Face Of Arts Audiences written by Volker Kirchberg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Arts and society categories.
A Three Cornered Life The Historian W K Hancock
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Author : Jim Davidson
language : en
Publisher: UNSW Press
Release Date : 2010
A Three Cornered Life The Historian W K Hancock written by Jim Davidson and has been published by UNSW Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with Historians categories.
A biography of a 20th-century Australian historian and an outstanding scholar in the humanities and social science fields, this thorough account highlights the accomplishments of W.K. Hancock. Compelling and informative, this chronicle features the scope of Hancock's work across three continents, including his mission to Uganda on behalf of the British government in 1954, his tracking of British mobilizations during World War II, and his founding of the Australian National University. Illuminating an extraordinary life and career, this examination celebrates the author of Australia.
National Collecting Institutions
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Author : Gough Whitlam
language : en
Publisher: Friends of National Library of Australia
Release Date : 1990-01-01
National Collecting Institutions written by Gough Whitlam and has been published by Friends of National Library of Australia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990-01-01 with Art museums categories.
A Place Across The River
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Author : Vicki Fairfax
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan Education AU
Release Date : 2002
A Place Across The River written by Vicki Fairfax and has been published by Macmillan Education AU this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Architecture categories.
Incite
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1992
Incite written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992 with Libraries categories.
A History Of European Housing In Australia
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Author : Patrick Troy
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2000-06-22
A History Of European Housing In Australia written by Patrick Troy and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-06-22 with Architecture categories.
This collection of essays, first published in 2000, was the first systematic attempt to explain the social, administrative, technical and cultural history of 'European' housing in Australia. Written by a collaborative team of scholars from a wide range of disciplines, it explains how Australian housing has evolved from the ideas brought by the first settlers, and what makes Australian housing distinctive in social terms. This book covers a broad range of topics including the ways in which houses reflect social values and aspirations, the relationship between houses and gardens, the home as a site of domestic production and consumption, and an exploration of how housing provides the basis for developing a sense of community. The book will be invaluable for students of urban affairs and those engaged in housing and the design professions, as well as policy-makers and analysts in the public and private sectors.