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Stuart Rintoul

Told she’d never make anything of herself, Lowitja O’Donoghue, Australian of the Year, AC, CBE, DSG and recipient of the papal honour of Dame of the Order of St Gregory...

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Michael Schiavello

Having a dream and making that dream a desire requires blood, sweat and tears, if others perceive you to have a weight problem; to overcome bullies, tormentors and to rise...

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Kathy Mexted

While listening to Kathy Mexted in a radio interview, two things became clear; they were her passion for flying and her desire to encourage women to take up flying. Of...

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Grey Keynes

In describing his life as a bushman, Greg Keynes gives us a clear insight into how life has changed in the outback. The story of his childhood and early years...

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Marcus J Moore

Kendrick Lamar is a man of many parts, a man who started out as a rapper in the time of the rise and rise of hip-hop artists Kanye West and...

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Anthony 'Harry' Moffitt

Cricket and the elite division of the Australian Defence Forces (ADF) SAS unit seem to be far apart, but in reality, thanks to Anthony ‘Harry’ Moffitt, joined forces in the...

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Alex Miller

In 2012, after writing a dozen novels and a collection of essays and stories, Alex Miller award winning author, felt that the time had come to research his best friend,...

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Stuart Coupe

Written by Stuart Coupe, a music journalist who was for a good number of years Paul Kelly’s manager, Paul Kelly – the man the music and the life in between...

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Vanessa Branson

Autobiographies can some times be rather dry and predictable, but One Hundred Summer; a family story by Vanessa Branson is a cracker. She has correctly determined that you are a...

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Paul Goodwin with Gordon Goodwin

Paul Goodwin told his son Gordon, to survive you had to surrender all hope, which is an extraordinary statement to make, but this statement was one the men who flew...

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Bram Connolly

  Truth, honesty, resilience and values are just some of the things that have helped shape Bram Connolly and his life to date; a life that has been challenged on...

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Peter O'Brien

When Peter O’Brien was a young teacher his first placements were in City schools where he honed his love of teaching. Back in those days male teachers had to undertake...