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The Boy from Boree Creek : The Tim Fischer Story

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Book - The Boy from Boree Creek : The Tim Fischer Story - Peter Rees
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TitleThe Boy from Boree Creek : The Tim Fischer Story
Author
Additional Authorsnone
CategoryNon-Fiction
GenreBiography
Sub-GenrePoliticians
Page Count361
ISBN-101-86508-803-X
PublisherAllen & Unwin (Details)
Publication Date
Original Publication Date2019
FormatPaperback
EditionRevised



Description: When the Honourable Tim Fischer, Deputy Prime Minister of Australia, Minister for Trade and Leader of the National Party, rose in the House of Representatives on 30 June 1999 to announce his resignation, the response was an overwhelming expression of genuine goodwill and affection - from both sides of the House and the general public. Here was a politician at the peak of his career, giving it all up for his family." This is the story of Tim Fischer's journey, from a country town in far southwest NSW to the centre of political power. It tells of an individual quietly determined to push past barriers and who succeeded where very few expected him to; and of someone prepared to be different and to make that difference part of a distinctive personal style, with the ever-present Akubra, a long-term commitment to Asia, a love of trains and his 'unusual' use of English. Here, too, is the very personal story of a man who came to acknowledge the conflict between the demands of a high-profile public life and the needs of family life - and made the toughest decision of his career.
Notes: Peter Rees has been a journalist for forty years, working as federal political correspondent for the Melbourne Sun, the West Australian and the Sunday Telegraph. He is the author of The Boy from Boree Creek: The Tim Fischer Story (2001), Tim Fischer's Outback Heroes (2002), Killing Juanita: A true story of murder and corruption (2004), which was a winner of the 2004 Ned Kelly Award for Australian crime writing, Desert Boys and Lancaster Men (2013). He lives in Canberra.
Publisher:
Allen & Unwin is an Australian independent publishing company, established in Australia in 1976 as a subsidiary of the British firm George Allen & Unwin Ltd., which was founded by Sir Stanley Unwin in August 1914 and went on to become one of the leading publishers of the twentieth century.
Item created by: CSX Down under9 on 2019-09-23 10:30:06

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