Feature Compendium Number One The Knox Cairn Edition No. 1 – August 2011 Section 2A Literary Knoxonian’s Authors and Novelists [known as at August 2011] Comments & Queries to:- Michael Le Couteur (Editor) [email protected]Mobile 0414 327 524 Organisational Arrangements ► Each Section can be accessed individually via the Knox Grammar School LinkedIn Group or on The Knox Cairn Website. ► A more detailed index of each Section appears at the front of each section – pages are numbered within each Section ► A progressive or cumulative “Index by Name” and “Index by Subject “will be posted on The Knox Cairn Website.
8. Ferguson Robert Ian 1934 2.6 23. Nisbett Adrian 1967 2.13
9. FitzSimons Peter J 1978 2.7 24. Norrie Dr Philip 1970 2.14
10. Forster Ian 1961 2.8 25. Osman Tony 1957 2.13
11. Glover Richard 1976 2.8 26. Ramage Ian 1942 2.15
12. Goldsmith Malcolm 1935 2.8 27. Shirling George 1954 2.15
13. Henning Nicholas 1997 2.9 28. Toltz Stephen 1990 2.15
14. Hordern OAM Marsden C 1939 2.9 / 2.10 29. Yeldham OAM Peter A 1944 2.16
15. Inder Bryan 1961 2.10 30. Whitlam AC QC Hon Gough 1934 2.17
Late Addition – Peter Kelso – [OKG 1961] Legal Author – see page 2.19
Literary Knoxonian’s
- Authors / Novelists [known as at August 2011]
Over 300 books published by 30 Old Knox Grammarians
one OKG has “over 100 publications”
Co–authoring approximately 50 Mathematics text books and teacher resources with around 15 titles translated into Chinese, Indonesian and German is the work of one OKG
another has written over 60 books for 16 publishers
Not including academic or professional papers or research presentations.
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Authors / Novelists Castrission, James [OKG 2000] Co-author - “Crossing the Ditch”
Jones, Justin [OKG 2000] Co-author - “Crossing the Ditch”
(Reference - The Thistle September 2009 p 22)
Charlton, Dr. Andrew [OKG 1996 – School Captain]
Biography Andrew Charlton was an academic at the London School of Economics. He has worked for the UN, the OECD and the Reserve Bank of Australia. He is an Honorary Fellow of St Paul’s College at Sydney University and a Director of the economic consultancy OIR. He has a doctorate from Oxford University where he studied as a Rhodes scholar. At age 26 he published a landmark book (Fair Trade For All), co-authored with Joseph Stiglitz (author of Globalisation and its Discontents), which has been translated into 13 languages.
OZONOMICS Inside the Myth of Australia’s Economic Superheroes.
DESCRIPTION OF BOOK We're living through the second longest boom in Australian history. You can't move for talk of the budget surplus. The Liberals proclaim their impeccable economic record; Labor counterclaim that they sowed the seeds during their time in government. So who's right? Does it matter? And what does it all mean anyway? In this entertaining and incisive book, Australian economist Andrew Charlton looks behind the political smokescreen to reveal just how much of the rhetoric we should believe. He argues that while much of the economic headlines we read and see on TV are misleading and irrelevant, workers' rights, immigration, protectionism and investment in technology and education are all vital, in different ways, for the future of the nation -- and often have a direct impact on the world in which we live, from the size of our paypackets to the range of produce in our local stores. Forthright, compelling and extremely entertaining, this brilliant book shows ordinary readers why economics matters and why it is both more relevant and endlessly fascinating than they ever imagined...
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Authors / Novelists Dr. Andrew Charlton (continued)
Fair Trade For All How Trade Can Promote Development Joseph E. Stiglitz and Andrew Charlton Series : Initiative for Policy Dialogue Series
How can the poorer countries of the world be helped to help themselves through freer, fairer trade? In this challenging and controversial book Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph E. Stiglitz and his co-author Andrew Charlton address one of the key issues facing world leaders today. They put forward a radical and realistic new model for managing trading relationships between the richest and the poorest countries. Their approach is designed to open up markets in the interests of all and not just the most powerful economies, to ensure that trade promotes development, and to minimise the costs of adjustments. Beginning with a brief history of the World Trade Organisation and its
agreements, the authors explore the issues and events which led to the failure of Cancun and the obstacles that face the successful completion of the Doha Round of negotiations. Finally they spell out the reforms and principles upon which a successful agreement must be based. Accessibly written and packed full of empirical evidence and analysis, this book is a must read for anyone interested in world trade and development. [ISBN-10: 0199219982 Publication date: August 2007]
Reviews of “Fair Trade For All”:- ►'We are stuck with a global economic system that doesn't work for half the world. Stiglitz and Charlton
propose a plan to embrace the other half, to move to a future of shared benefits and shared responsibilities.' President Bill Clinton
►'This is an interesting read and I welcome the overall message that liberalisation is beneficial provided it is properly done in the interests of the poor. This is a valuable contribution to the debate.''
The Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP, Secretary of State for International Development
►'Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz and co-author Andrew Charlton offer us an insightful and challenging new study on how to make the world trading system truly supportive of international development. Professor Stiglitz's leadership in the globalization debate reflects his remarkable combination of scholarly excellence, extensive political experience, and deep commitment to social justice. This powerful combination shines through in this accessible and timely new book.''
Professor Jeffrey D. Sachs, author of The End of Poverty, Director of the UN Millennium Project, and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University
►'The book offers a sharp challenge to the 'market fundamentalist' view that the best way poor countries can improve their lot is to eliminate all their trade barriers as rapidly as possible.' Washington Post
►"The debate on trade and development has often been dominated by simplistic rhetoric, either overselling the benefits of trade liberalisation or demonising it. The authors of Fair Trade for All provide a well-written and balanced account of how to maximise the benefits of trade for development and avoid the pitfalls. For those with keen interest in the debates on the Development Agenda for trade, this should be a required reading."' Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of UNCTAD
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Authors / Novelists Cowan, James [OKG 1958] Internationally acclaimed author, who has published
over 25 books - 15 non-fiction books together with poetry, children’s books, essays & art monographs and lectured throughout the world on subjects ranging from Aboriginal art and metaphysics to Persian poetry. His work has been translated into 20 languages.
In 1998 he was awarded the prestigious Australian Literary Society’s Gold Medal for his novel A Mapmaker’s Dream. (Ref The Thistle May 2009 p 24). He has also completed a new novel Sorcerer’s Inn to add to The Deposition (2008); A Troubadour's Testament (1998); A Mapmaker's Dream (1996); The Painted Shore (1988); Toby's Angel (1975); and A Rambling Man (1966) Cowan studied Aboriginal culture and lived among the Aborigines writing books such as Mysteries of the Dreaming, Myths of Dreaming, Sacred Places, The Aboriginal Tradition, and Messengers of the Gods. His
travels throughout Australia exploring early European culture and its imprint on the land resulted in books such as The Mountain Men, The River People, and Starlight’s Trail. His interest in desert asceticism has inspired books such as Francis, A Saint’s Way and Journey to the Inner Mountain, a study of St Antony of Egypt of the 3rd century. His latest novel is The Sorcerer’s Inn, set in 13th century Spain. His novels attempt to re-affirm the greatness of the European and Near-Eastern traditions, and their influence on one another. James Cowan currently lives between Australia and Argentina. His latest book, A Spanner in the Works, explores the impact of science and technology on our lives. Source www.mwf.com.au/2007/content/standard.asp?name=CowanJ
A Spanner in the Works Book Description: Exploring the profound impact of science and technology on the world, the author takes us on a journey into our relationship with the machine and its repercussions on contemporary spiritual life. Cowan analyses the role of technicity and the threat it poses to the continued existence of the soul in people. Max Plank, Walter Benjamin and Albert Einstein join ancient and medieval thinkers alike to inform the thrust of his argument. This is a book pertinent to our time in that it asks us to question the value of technicity as soon as it begins to erode our spiritual life. A person's place in the world depends upon redressing the balance. 'A Spanner in the Works' offers startling new insights into how we might overcome our present sense of rootlessness.
Cutler, Steve [OKG 1977] “Nicks & Cuts”, by Nick Farr-Jones & Steve Cutler,
Book Review - The Thistle Vol 2/92 April 1992 – page 10 [See page 2.18 following for copy of Book Review]
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Authors / Novelists Dear OAM, Alan [OKG 1958] author (Ref The Thistle 3/92 p 24)
Alan Dear OAM (1941- 1996) was a senior journalist with the Australian Financial Review who, he said, "got his Laryngectomy for his 40th birthday in 1981". He worked as a journalist in Australia and Britain before becoming a public relations consultant to a variety of large Australian and multi-national groups. After his operation, he returned to newspapers and became actively involved with the Lost Chord Club of NSW as a counsellor to people about to undergo a Laryngectomy, and their families. He said “You can say that Again” published 1989 was a combination of his own observations and experiences as a Laryngectomee and those of his family, wife Lesley, and daughters Kate and Alison - and of his parents, his brothers and sisters. He also drew on the experiences of fellow Laryngectomees and their families and their feelings before and after surgery. "Anyone about to have a Laryngectomy is
going to have a lot of worries and unanswered questions," he said, "and I hope this book helps them face the operation with the confidence that they will speak again." Alan died of a non-related cancer on 5th March 1996.
Elder, Bruce [OKG 1961] – journalist / author
Bruce Elder is a journalist, writer and commentator. He is currently a full-time journalist with the Sydney Morning Herald specialising in travel and popular culture. His other areas of expertise include film, television, and popular music. He has written extensively around Australia and has a passion for Australian history. He is also the director of Walkabout, the Fairfax organisation's detailed travel internet site.
Bruce's radio experience began in the 1970s when he became ABC's 2JJ (now Triple J) London Correspondent. He is currently heard around the country on Friday nights on Tony Delroy's Nightlife program. Bruce is currently the Australasian editor of Australian Trivial Pursuit. He has also written over 60 books for 16 publishers including contributions to the Macquarie Dictionary, atlases, communication text books and travel guides. His most recent book, Remember When, looked at the way Australia has changed over the past 50 years.
In 1988 Bruce won acclaim for his book Blood on the Wattle which was praised as 'arguably the best book ever written about Aborigines by a white writer'. It was recently listed as one of the ten most influential Australian works of non-fiction in the twentieth century in an extensive poll conducted by the Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
In 1996 Bruce won the prestigious Pascall Prize for Critical Writing. This was the first time the award had been won by a writer working in the field of popular culture.
He is on the board of Lifeline South Coast and, for the past ten years, has been an Australia Day Ambassador travelling around New South Wales and performing civic duties for the Australia Day Council. He has been an Ambassador to Kogarah, Tumut, Marulan, Crookwell, Junee, Ardlethan, Taralga, Wyong, Adelong, Harden, Wombat, The Entrance and Toukley.
Bruce's most famous catchphrase is "Show us a look". Also in 1985 in a newspaper review of a Midnight Oil concert described the band's music as "narrow and xenophobic"; in retaliation, Morris (Oils Producer) banned him from Oils shows permanently. (Source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Elder)
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Authors / Novelists Everingham, Sam [OKG 1985] - author with degrees in Science, Psychology and Public Health consulted
to Government developed an interest in writing Historic books and has now written four about Australian history.
Published works include Wild Ride – The Rise & Fall of Cobb & Co (Penguin 2007) which has already sold well over 5500 copies and was shortlisted for the Blake Dawson Prize for Business Literature.
Gordon Barton – Australia’s Maverick Entrepreneur (Allen & Unwin, 2009) was also shortlisted for the Blake Dawson Prize for Business Literature.
Madam Lash - is a recent biography of Sydney artist, courtesan and dominatrix Gretel Pinniger (Allen & Unwin, 2010).
Ferguson, Robert Ian [OKG 1934] – “From Small Beginnings” – This is actually four books in one:–
Book One – Katoomba to “Eurella”; Book Two – Knox – A Kaleidoscope; Book Three – The Memorandum and Book Four – The Second Letter.
Ferguson has covered a separate part of hos life in each book. In an “Appreciation” at the commencement, Dr Ian Paterson says “Ian Ferguson has produced his book, a significant and complimentary feat in itself. Yet his book cuts to a much wider audience than family, for it touches a whole school community, that of Knox, together with notable commentary on Australian Social History”.
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Authors / Novelists FitzSimons, Peter J [OKG 1978] (Ref The Thistle 4/93 p 25) Peter is an established author with such books as Kokoda, and biographies of former Australian Labor Party leader Kim Beazley, Les Darcy, Nick Farr-Jones, John Eales, [“Nicks & Cuts”] Nancy Wake and Steve Waugh. His latest book is Tobruk, which recounts the story of the Rats of Tobruk as they fought during World War II.
(Ref http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_FitzSimons – 12 Oct 2009)
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Authors / Novelists Ian Forster [OKG 1961] – teaching and authorship of mathematics text books
Some are currently prescribed texts – “Access to General Maths: Preliminary”; Published 15 February 2000 by Prentice Hall Author(s) Ian Forster, Ian & Sue Thompson:-
“Written for the new General Mathematics course in NSW, implement in 2000. Topics include: learning to model; earning money; mastering measurement; introducing algebra; investing money; collecting and interpreting data; modelling linear relationships; drawing nets of shapes, and calculating area and volume”.
Co–authoring with wife (Sue Thomson) they have authored approximately 50 Mathematics text books and teacher resources with around 15 titles translated into Chinese, Indonesian and German. (Ref
Knox Grammar School Class of 1961 50 Year Reunion Booklet)
Glover, Richard [OKG 1976] Author - is the author of the book Desperate Husbands, which has been a best-
seller in Australia and was published in translation in Italy and Poland.
He has also written two short novels for children – The Dirt Experiment and The Joke Trap. Richard is also the author of The Dag's Dictionary, published by ABC Books and based on the Drive Show competition. His other writing includes In Bed with Jocasta, The P-Plate Parent (co-written with Angela Webber), and Lonestar, a stage show about country music. (Ref Knox Grammar School Archives)
Goldsmith, Malcolm [OKG 1935] –
Following his retirement in 1980, Malcolm returned to Journalism; specializing in video, having written over 150 magazine articles, and a video book “Its VHStroika …not Perestroika!” ISBN064600913-3, 2 editions, 10,000 copies to 41 countries. (Reference Tony Osman & The Thistle Vol .4/92 October 1992 – page 12)
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Authors / Novelists Henning, Nicholas [OKG 1997] Nicholas is a graduate from Macquarie University & has written two novels
Brennan Cooper (April 2008) and The American Dream: from Perth to Sacramento (April 2009). He says of the second novel - “I thoroughly enjoyed writing this novel, and I am hoping that my book will generate more interest in Australian participation in baseball. This story focuses on the journey of pursuing a professional baseball career in North America, and this is a dream that many baseball players across the world have put their minds and hearts into” - Nicholas R.W. Henning. (Ref The Thistle August 2008 p32)
Hordern OAM VDR, Marsden C [OKG 1939] (Ref Knox Grammar School Archives & The Thistle May 2009 p 24)
Author and winner several prizes for his first book Mariners be Warned won several prizes and his King of the Australian Coast won the Premier’s General History Prize in 1998.
After serving in the Royal Australian Navy during World War II, Marsden took up flying and ocean sailing and for some years navigated yachts in the early Sydney-Hobart races. He founded a print gallery in Sydney, was a director of two public companies, served as a Lieutenant and Lieutenant-Commander with the Royal Australian Navy and Royal Naval Reserves, and was awarded the Volunteer Reserve Decoration.
His two previous books Mariners are Warned!: John Lort Stokes and H.M.S. Beagle in Australia 1837-1843 (1989) and King of the Australian Coast: The Work of Phillip Parker King in the Mermaid and Bathurst 1817-1822 (1997) were published by the Miegunyah Press to great acclaim.
In recognition of the contribution made by these books to Australian history, in 2004 the University of Sydney conferred on him the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Letters.
Marsden was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2009 for his service in particularly recording early maritime exploration and naval history World War Two.
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Authors / Novelists
King of the Australian Coast by Marsden Hordern The Work of Phillip Parker King in the "Mermaid" and "Bathurst" 1817-1822
Many books have been written about Cook and Flinders but few know much about Australia's third great hydrographer, Phillip Parker King (1791 - 1856). King was the son of Philip Gidley King, the third governor of New South Wales, and the godson of Arthur Phillip, Australia's founding father. Boy hero of the Napoleonic Wars, naval officer, explorer, hydrographer, administrator, astronomer, geologist, artist, writer and pastoralist, King was also the first native-born Australian to achieve flag rank in the Navy. On his death he was accorded the most impressive funeral ever held in the country. About the Author Marsden Hordern is a fifth-generation Australian. His interest in history is of long standing, and for some years he served on the council of the Royal Australian Historical Society. Hordern's previous book Mariners Are Warned! was awarded the 1990 Age Non-fiction Book of the Year Award. Reviews "For the nautically minded reader this well written and splendidly presented work offers a feast of information. It is also a wonderful adventure story, equal to any of the more familiar fictional accounts of life at sea in Britain's sailing navy."
Inder, Bryan W [OKG 1961]
Bryan has written “The Story of a Rolls-Royce 40/50 H.P. model, Silver Ghost Chassis Number 12HG delivered new in Australia in 1923.
The publication was produced for initial distribution to Members of the Rolls-Royce Owner’s’ Club attending the 38th Federal Rally at Wollongong, April 1996
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Authors / Novelists Jones, Robert [OKG 1962]
Robert has an abiding interest in Dylan Thomas’s writings and was in 1995 the Australian President of the Dylan Thomas Society. His latest book, Time Passes, explores the background of Thomas’s writing of Under Milk Wood. In 1995 he was in the UK for the launch of his book in association with the UK Year of Literature in Swansea, Wales. Robert, who was in 1995 operating out of Links House in Bowral, recalls with particular fondness his inspirational English Master, Dr. Buntine. (Ref The Thistle – News of Old Boys - October 1995 (4/95); page 22)
Knox, Malcolm R [OKG 1984 – School Captain] - Author
Malcolm Knox was born in 1966. He grew up in Sydney and studied in Sydney and Scotland, where his one-act play, Polemarchus, was performed in St Andrews and Edinburgh. His first novel Summerland was published to great acclaim in the UK, US, Australia and Europe in 2000. In 2001 Malcolm was named one of the Sydney Morning Herald's Best Young Australian novelists. He lives in Sydney with his wife Wenona and 2 children. His most recent novel, A Private Man won the 2005 Ned Kelly Award for Best First Crime Novel.
Novels Summerland (2000) A Private Man (2004) Adult Book Jamaica (2008)
Non fiction Taylor & Beyond (2000) 1788 Words or Less: Short, Short History of Australia (2005) Secrets of the Jury Room (2005) Scattered: The Inside Story of Ice in Australia (2008) Reputation (2008)
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Authors / Novelists Adrian Lipscomb [OKG 1968]
Wrote short stories, worked for local service organisations and gave programs in classical music and current affairs on 2BBB-FM.(The Thistle – News of Old Boys - October 1995 (4/95); page 22)
Longstaff, Dr Simon [OKG 1975]
Executive Director of the St James Ethics Centre His first book, Hard Cases, Tough Choices was published in 1997. He is currently preparing a second, on the role of conscience.
Mansfield AM; Emeritus Professor Bruce E [OKG 1943]
Professor Mansfield wrote “MacNeil, Neil Harcourt (1893 - 1946)”, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 10, Melbourne University Press, 1986, pp 351-352. (Source - http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A100343b.htm?hilite=aloof)
and Knox: “A History of Knox Grammar School, 1924-1974”, Halstead Press, Sydney, 1974.
2009 - Emeritus Professor Bruce E Mansfield (BA '49 MA '51 DLitt '91) awarded - AM for service to education as an administrator and academic in the fields of theology and history.
Minchin, Devon [OKG 1936]
Devon Minchin, B.A., has worked in advertising in Sydney, London, New York, Singapore and Hong Kong. He has been a director of logging operations in Sarawak and the Solomon Islands. He founded and ran Australia’s largest security organisation until thugs posing as police robbed his Melbourne counting house, crippling the business which he then sold.
Trained as a fighter pilot in Southern Rhodesia, he fought dogfights in the great air battles before Alamein, then in the fighter-bomber role, retiring after the Germans departed North Africa and Sicily. He then flew in the Suez Canal area testing fighters and light bombers rebuilt from hundreds of wrecks scattered about Western Desert battlefields. He has five children, one of whom was Queensland State Finance Minister Nick Minchin later to become a Minister in the Australian Government. In 2003 he lived on the Sunshine Coast with his third wife Margo and lectures on Late Antiquity.
His publications include many wartime short stories, The Potato Man and other novels including Isabel’s Mine and The Money Movers which became a successful Bruce Beresford film in 1979 – it was based on his experiences as the owner of Australia's largest armoured car/security company Metropolitan Security Services (Source - http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0591027/bio)
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Authors / Novelists Devon Minchin (continued)
Love and the Fall of Rome covers the decades when Rome became Christian by Emperor’s Edict. The love stories in this book are woven into the politics of the Roman Empire at a time when its very life depended upon the calibre of the men in power. It took five years to write and inter alia exposes previously Christian-suppressed genetic influences on the ruling houses.
Source - www.imdb.com/name/nm0591027/bio
Nisbett, Adrian [OKG 1967] – Co author / editor - Knox In Our Own Words, Fine Arts Press, 1991 and editor of “Knox Remembers 1939 – 1945” – compiled by Josephine Tait (Ref – Knox Grammar School Website)
Osman, Antony H [OKG 1957]
author / editor – The Old Knox Grammarians’ Association 1929-1999 – The First Seventy Years (Ref – Knox Grammar School Website)
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Authors / Novelists Norrie, Dr Philip [OKG 1970] Vignioron, Medical Practitioner & Author
First book - 1986, “Australia’s Wine Doctors”. Further research led to four further books, namely “Vineyards of Sydney ”in 1990, which re-wrote the history of Australia’s earliest wine industry; “Lindeman” in 1993, which was the official Company history of the Lindeman wine group; “Penfold” in 1994, the history of Australia’s largest wine company and “Leo Buring”, the history of Australia’s First Wine Authroity, published in 1996.
Books "Vineyards of Sydney – cradle of the Australian wine Industry" 1990 "Lindeman – Australia's Classic Winemaker" 1993 "Australia's Wine Doctors" revised 1994 "Penfold – Time Honoured" 1994 "Wine and Health " 1994 (Booklet for McWilliams Wines) "Leo Buring – Australia's First Wine Authority" 1996 "Wine and Health Diary" l998-2002 inclusive "Wine and Health – a new look at an old medicine" 2000 "Dr. Philip Norrie's Advice on Wine and Health" 2000 "Wine and Health" 2005 (Booklet for McWilliams Wines) "A Guide to Wine and Health" 2006 "The History of Wine as a Medicine” 2009
Contributions 1. "Australian Wine - Regions and Rituals" 1995 Jim McMahon, Chapter 20 "Wine and Health" 2. "Oxford Companion to Wine" Jancis Robinson editior, Wine and Health sections 3. "Wine - a Scientific Exploration" 2003 Royal Postgraduate Medical School at the University of London,
Chapter 2 "The History of Wine as a Medicine" 4. Australasian Journal of Psychopharamacology 1994 "Some Most Unusual Vineyards - The Vineyards of
Australia's Lunatic Asylums" 5. Annals of the New York Academy of Science Vol.957, 2002 "Alcohol and Wine in Health and Disease"
Article – "Corrupt Captains and Convicts"
Wine Doctor is a new wine label produced by Dr Philip Norrie, which is high in resveratrol, a naturally-occurring anti-oxidant found in grape skins, demonstrated to have a variety of health benefits, potentially including the reduction of cholesterol, which reportedly "cleans blood vessels as you drink".
The wines are made in McLaren Vale and currently include a chardonnay and a shiraz. The range and quantity will be increased if demand warrants.
Dr Phil Norrie, a Sydney GP, and his team have been able to develop a way to increase the amount of resveratrol in both white and red wine. This new process is set to increase the amount of resveratrol in white wine from 1mg/l to 100mg/l and red wine from 3-6mg/l to 100mg/l making the health benefits of wine even greater.
Dr Norrie's previous wine label was Pendarves in the Hunter Valley.
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Authors / Novelists Ramage, Ian [OKG 1942 ] author (Ref The Thistle 2/92 p 21)
Ian had a natural enthusiasm for the history of the Upper North Shore. This passion led to the publication of three books: Wahroonga, Our Home (published 1992), We Still Call Wahroonga Our Home and One Hundred Years Ago - Life on Sydney's Upper North Shore. His research was thorough and his writing style accessible, with glimpses of gentle humour. He was also a gifted speaker and, as his reputation as "the Wahroonga historian" grew, he was in constant demand at local clubs, churches and schools. Ian died in 2003. [See also page 2.18 following]
Shirling; George [OKG 1954 ] 'Exploding Sports Myths' ... Exposes the nonsense in some of our fondest notions about sport
Book Review - Sport psychologist George Shirling's sympathetic but no-nonsense perspective exposes the absurdity of the many myths that are clamped with the tenacity of barnacles to modern sport. The author scrutinizes the vulnerability of the innate adventurous spirit that drives sports' participants. He examines the damaging approach of unimaginative coaching, the barrage of ‘experts', stubborn governance, the growing confusion about drugs in sport, the commercial realities and limitations of professional sport, and much, much more.
For thirty years George has observed and listened to scores of players, athletes and coaches up to international level, including the Australian Winter Olympic Team, the NSW 'Waratahs', ACT 'Brumbies', and the 'Wallabies' rugby union teams. His experience is long, his perspective unique. Some may not like what he has to say, but few who are genuinely engaged in sport can afford to ignore him.
Toltz, Stephen [OKG 1990 attended KGS 1979 -1987] writer,
One of 6 nominated for the Booker Prize 2009. Winner: People's Choice Award 2009 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.
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Authors / Novelists Yeldham OAM, Peter A [OKG 1944] Director, scriptwriter screenwriter, playwright and author
In 1991 he received an Order of Australia Medal for achievement in film and television, and in 2003 a Centenary Medal for services to Australian writing. Industry honours include six Australian Writing Awards, a British Guild Award, and a nomination for an International Emmy for his television drama, Captain James Cook. (Source - http://www.peteryeldham.com/web/pageid/1000)
Peter Yeldham was born in Gladstone, near Smithtown, New South Wales in 1927. Leaving Knox Grammar School at 16, Yeldham became a jackaroo in Queensland but did not like it. He enlisted in the Australian Army and was posted to Japan. Returning to Sydney, he attempted to join the Sydney Morning Herald as a cadet journalist but was told they only accepted those with university degrees. He worked for Radio 2GB in
Sydney instead, starting as a messenger boy and was later eventually allowed to write radio scripts for such programmes as Famous Trials, Medical Files and When a Girl Marries. Yeldham's young age may have worked for him as he was instructed that the average mental age of the Australian radio audience was thirteen and to write accordingly.
Source - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Yeldham
On his Website Peter says:- I was sixteen when I decided I wanted to be a writer, and that was in what my grandkids call “the olden days”, back in the nineteen forties. Which means I’ve been earning a living as a writer for over sixty years. I was married at the age of twenty one, a truly close marriage that lasted until the death of my wife in 2006. She was a tremendous help in my work, including the 2007 novel Barbed Wire and Roses, dedicated to our two children and to her memory.
Writing was a hard way to make a living when I started. There was no Australia Council, no Film Commission, no government funding of any kind. (In fact I’ve never had a grant or any handout in my life.) I began with short stories, then radio scripts until we went to England where I wrote television series and plays, feature films, and after that took a brand new direction and one that I loved— writing plays for the theatre.
Later, coming home to Australia I wrote a lot of television for the ABC and commercial stations. Both adaptations and original TV mini-series, these included “Captain James Cook”, “The Timeless Land and “1915”, all having world-wide sales. Most importantly, in 1992 I also began to write novels, and A Distant Shore is the latest. It deals with events that polarised this country only a few years ago, and perhaps still divide us today
I hope you have time to search this website at your leisure, and that it gives you some idea of what it’s like to be a writer in Australia — not only now when there are frequent Writer’s Festivals and the Australian Film Industry is established — but also back in “the bad old days” when it was really tough trying to survive by stringing words together. -Peter Yeldham September 2009 [Source - peteryeldham.com/web/pageid/1000
A Fuller list of Completed works is shown on following page
Glory Girl is Peter’s latest novel, published by Penguin and is available in all leading bookstores
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Peter Yeldham (Continued)
Novels
Reprisal Without Warning Two Sides of a Triangle A Bitter Harvest The Currency Lads Against the Tide
Land of Dreams The Murrumbidgee Kid Barbed Wire and Roses A Distant Shore Glory Girl
Feature Films include: Age of Consent (Columbia) The Liquidator (MGM)
The Comedy Man (British Lion) The Long Duel (Rank
Television Mini-Series: Captain James Cook (Emmy nomination)
(Associate producer) The Timeless Land (ABC) “1915” (ABC) (Awgie and Penguin Awards) The Alien Years (ABC) (Awgie Award) Golden Soak (ABC) Tusitala (ABC) Run from the Morning (ABC)
The Far Country (Crawford Productions) (Awgie Award)
The Lancaster-Miller Affair (Nine network) The Heroes (Ten Network) Heroes II – The Return (Seven Network) Naked Under Capricorn (Co-producer)
(Nine Network) The Battlers (Channel Seven) The Private War of Lucinda Smith (Exec prod) Jessica (Ten Network)
Tele-movies for the Nine Network: Without Warning Reprisal
The Hostages
Stage Plays
Birds on the Wing Fringe Benefits But She Won’t Lie Down Away Match
My Friend Miss Flint Split Down the Middle Seven Little Australians - Musical
British & American TV credits include: Reunion Day (BBC play) Thunder on the Snowy (Armchair theatre) Stella (ITV play of the week) East of Christmas (ITV Play of the week) A Really Good Jazz Piano (ITV play of week) The Ant & The Grasshopper (Adaptation for ITV) A Dragon To Kill (BBC Play of the month) The Cabbage Tree Hat Boys (Play of the week, ITV) Birds On The Wing (BBC comedy series for Richar Harriet’s Back in Town (Devised serial – Thames)
The Five Midnights (BBC) Love Story Van Der Valk The Persuaders Probation Officer No Hiding Place Shadow Squad Espionage (USA) The Nurses (USA) The Zoo Gang (USA)
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Authors / Novelists Whitlam AC QC, Hon E Gough [OKG 1934 - Attended KGS 1925 -1927]
The Hon. Gough Whitlam has written three books:- The Truth of The Matter deals with the famous dismissal by the Governor General, Sir John Kerr, on 11November 1975. The Whitlam Government 1972-1975 traces the development as well as the implementation of his policies - published in 1997. (Ref Knox Grammar School Archives)
His latest work, My Italian Notebook,
was published in March 2002.
See review by Review by Anna Maria dell'Oso April 13 2002 in SMH
Source of Photo - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gough_Whitlam
The Hon Gough Whitlam AC, QC [1955]
On Australia’s Constitution -
E.G Whitlam - Gough Whitlam 1977 Speeches by Gough Whitlam on the Australian
Constitution
The Truth of the Matter -
Gough Whitlam 1979 Gough Whitlam’s view of the 1975 events
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Steve Cutler [OKG 1977 ] Ian Ramage [OKG 1942 ]
Refer page 2.4 Refer page 2.15
Late Addition:- Peter Kelso [OKG 1961] - Legal Author
Author/continuing editor of chapters in encyclopaedic publications by NexisLexis, which is one of the big 3 in legal publishing in Aust. The Chapters are:
i. A chapter on "Receivers" in Halsburys Laws of Australia, the accepted source for a general statement of the law here
ii. Three chapters for the Encyclopaedia of Forms and Precedents, which as the name suggests is basically a collection of precedents, with preliminary commentary, on various areas of law.
