Bush School
$25.48
- Paperback
296 pages
- Release Date
31 January 2022
Summary
Bush School: A Young Teacher’s Journey in the Australian Outback
There was a bed, a timber floor, thin tar paper on one side for privacy from the nearby road but nothing else. The flimsiest of ‘walls’, no pegs or nails to hang even a hat, no door, no rug for cold morning bare feet, no bookshelf for a voracious reader, no bedside cupboard for a lamp or a glass of water, no light source - just a bed and a suitcase for the next two years.
In 1960, newly minted teacher …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781761067020 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1761067028 |
| Author: | Peter O'Brien |
| Publisher: | Allen & Unwin |
| Imprint: | Allen & Unwin |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 296 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2022 |
| Weight: | 262g |
| Dimensions: | 35mm x 198mm x 129mm |
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About The Author
Peter O'Brien
Now in his 80s, Peter O’Brien is a former teacher and academic who was instrumental in starting up ANTaR to promote harmony between Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and non-Indigenous Australians. He set up the ‘Sea of Hands’ idea, which saw hundreds of thousands of white hands being planted outside Parliament House and many other locations as a form of support and fund raising. His work with ANTaR was recognised with an Order of Australia.
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