The Lucky Country: Popular Penguins

Donald Horne wrote more than twenty books, including works of social and cultural critique, history, novels, memoirs and satire, and contributed to or edited a further twenty. His books include The Lucky Country, Looking for Leadership, The Story of the Australian People, Into the Open, His Excellency’s Pleasure and The Avenue of the Fair Go. He was an emeritus professor from the University of New South Wales, where he taught for fifteen years, and was chancellor of the University of Canberra. He chaired a number of cultural organisations, including the Australia Council, and served on several bodies concerned with constitutional reform, including the Australian Constitutional Commission. He was twice editor of The Bulletin; editor of The Observer and Quadrant; and contributing editor of Newsweek International. He also wrote for many journals and newspapers in Australia, Britain, Europe and the United States. He was an Officer of the Order of Australia. His book 10 Steps to a More Tolerant Australia was published to critical acclaim in 2003. He died in 2005.

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