Summary
Australia and the British monarchy have always made for an odd couple- the young, rebellious, egalitarian nation wed to the ancient symbol of power and social inequality. How have the royals come to be as popular now as they ever were? David Hill tells the story of this relationship from the beginning.Australia and the British monarchy have always made for an odd couple- the young, rebellious, egalitarian nation wed to an ancient symbol of power and social inequality. Even today, an invitatio…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857987549 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0857987542 |
| Author: | David Hill |
| Publisher: | Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Random House Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2015 |
| Weight: | 633g |
| Dimensions: | 234mm x 157mm x 35mm |
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About The Author
David Hill
During his remarkable career, David Hill has been chairman then managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation; chairman of the Australian Football Association; chief executive of the State Rail Authority; chairman of Sydney Water Corporation; and chairman of CREATE (an organisation representing Australian children in institutional care).He has also held a number of other executive appointments in the areas of sport, transport, broadcasting, fiscal management and city parks.In 2006 he was awarded a Diploma of Arts with merit in classical archaeology from Sydney University. He is an honorary associate at the Sydney University departments of archaeology, classics and ancient history, and a visiting fellow at the University of New South Wales.Since 2011 he has been the manager of an archaeological study of the ancient Greek city of Troizen. He has for many years been a leading figure in the international campaign to have the Parthenon sculptures returned from the British Museum to Greece.
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