Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of Paul Keating PM
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Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of Paul Keating PM is a non-fiction political book, by Don Watson
. It won The Age Book of the Year
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It is his account of the prime ministership of Australia of Paul Keating
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Don Watson
Don Watson is an Australian author and public speaker.-Biography:Watson grew up on a farm in Gippsland, took his undergraduate degree at La Trobe University and a Ph.D at Monash University and was for ten years an academic historian. He wrote three books on Australian history before turning his...
. It won The Age Book of the Year
The Age Book of the Year
The Age Book of the Year Awards are annual literary awards presented by Melbourne's The Age newspaper. The awards were first presented in 1974. Since 1998 they have been presented as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival...
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It is his account of the prime ministership of Australia of Paul Keating
Paul Keating
Paul John Keating was the 24th Prime Minister of Australia, serving from 1991 to 1996. Keating was elected as the federal Labor member for Blaxland in 1969 and came to prominence as the reformist treasurer of the Hawke Labor government, which came to power at the 1983 election...
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Reviews
- "Review of Don Watson, Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of Paul Keating PM.", Australian Journal of Political Science, September 2002
External links
- http://www.jewishaustralia.com/donwatsonbook.htm