| Description |
371 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Bob Hawke -- Dame Nellie Melba -- Germaine Greer -- Geoff Mullen -- William Dobell -- Joshua Smith -- Warrick and Joanne Capper -- Keith Murdoch -- Don Bradman -- John Howard -- Michael Long -- Pauline Hanson -- Kylie Minogue -- Barry Humphries -- Schillaci -- John Marsden -- Andrew Denton -- Helen Garner -- Geoff Clark -- David Gulpilil -- Malcolm Fraser -- Geoffrey Blainey -- Sally Cornfield -- Michael Verhardt -- Mel Gibson -- John Gorton |
| Summary |
Biography has long been a popular literary genre; profiles are mini- biographies and not a weekend goes by without several profiles appearing in the nation's newspapers and magazines. Ricketson has collected the best profiles written about Australians - past and present |
| Analysis |
Celebrity status |
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Hawke, Bob |
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Greer, Germaine |
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Bradman, Don |
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Howard, John, MP |
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Hanson, Pauline |
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Marsden, John |
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Denton, Andrew |
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Garner, Helen |
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Clark, Geoff |
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Fraser, Malcolm |
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Blainey, Geoffrey |
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Gorton, John |
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Biography |
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Dictionaries of biography (Australia) |
| Subject |
Celebrities -- Australia
-- ?́ƠBiography
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Celebrities -- Australia -- Biography.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- ?́ƠBiography
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Australia -- Biography.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114302
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Ricketson, Matthew, 1958-
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| LC no. |
00002584 |
| ISBN |
1863952934 paperback |
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