'A perceptive, balanced, wide-ranging interpretation of the evolution of modern Australia which is both erudite and well-written'. Duncan Bythell
John Rickard is the author of H B Higgins: The Rebel as Judge (Age non-fiction Book of the Year 1984), Australia: A Cultural History (1988, 1996, new edition in preparation) and A Family Romance: The Deakins at Home (1996) and has published widely on Australian cultural history and biography. In 1997-8 he was the visiting professor of Australian Studies at Harvard University and in 2007 the Monash Visiting Fellow of Australian Studies at the University of Copenhagen. He is currently an adjunct professor at Monash University. In his youth John Rickard worked as an actor and singer.
A perceptive, balanced, wide-ranging interpretation of the
evolution of modern Australia which is both erudite and
well-written.
*Duncan Bythell*
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