Biography
Jack Fingleton: The Man who stood up to Bradman by Greg Growden
by Brian Stoddart •
'Biography: The Past has a Great Future' by Richard Holmes | 2008 HRC Seymour Lecture in Biography
by Richard Holmes •
Just before I flew to Australia to deliver this year’s HRC Seymour Lecture in Biography, I heard an ABC broadcast on the BBC World Service. The Australian commentator was talking about the centenary of the birth of Donald Bradman, the ‘great Don’ with his famous Test batting average of 99.94 runs. He said that Bradman was a peculiarly Australian role model because he was a sporting hero and because he knocked the hell out of the British bowling. Slightly carried away by the moment, he added: ‘We still need those founding fathers – we’ve had no George Washington, no Abraham Lincoln ... Don Bradman fills a biographical gap.’
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J.A. Lyons – The ‘Tame Tasmanian’ by David S. Bird & Enid Lyons by Anne Henderson
by Ann Moyal •
A Remarkable Friendship: Vincent Van Gogh and John Peter Russell by Ann Galbally
by Fiona Gruber •
A World-Proof Life: Eleanor Dark, a writer in her times, 1901-1985 by Marivic Wyndham
by David Carter •