Quentin Bryce

Gebundenes Buch

Dear Quentin

Letters of a Governor-General

Beschreibung

As Australia's first female Governor-General, Quentin Bryce handwrote more than fifty letters each week. Dear Quentin is a rich collection of the letters the Governor-General wrote and received during her six-year term to prime ministers Rudd and Gillard, VC Mark Donaldson, pals Anne Summers and Wendy McCarthy, Indigenous elders, war vets, Girl Guides, and grandchildren.

Autor

The Honourable Dame Quentin Bryce AD CVO has enjoyed a rich and distinguished career as an academic, lawyer, community and human rights advocate, senior public officer, university college principal, and vice-regal representative in Queensland, and Australia. Quentin served as Australia's twenty-fifth Governor-General. She was the first woman to take up the office. She remains a pioneer in contemporary Australian society, and yet one who brings more than forty years of experience in reform, community building and leadership. In 2016 she was chair of the Queensland Premier's Domestic and Family Violence Implementation Council.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Melbourne University
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 256mm x 227mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 1074g
• ISBN-13: 9780522871166
• ISBN-10: 052287116X
• Artikelnr.: 54718585