The Resource The boy from baradine, Craig Emerson (Author)
The boy from baradine, Craig Emerson (Author)
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The item The boy from baradine, Craig Emerson (Author) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- From the bush of Baradine to the corridors of Canberra, this is Craig Emerson's story of triumph and courage over adversity. In the mid-1960s, in the small town of Baradine in north-western New South Wales, the Emerson family was in continual crisis. The mother suffered from deep depression, and the father was exhausted by their constant fights. The two sons - Craig and Lance - were traumatised by their mother's mental struggles and inexplicable outbursts of violence against them. Yet both parents worked hard for meagre wages to give Craig a good education, and he vindicated their sacrifice. After gaining a PhD in economics, he was invited to join Bob Hawke's staff to help design and implement the Labor government's economic and environmental programme. Craig became like a son to the prime minister; he and Bob worked hard, but also relished time out for betting, joking, and singing. During Craig's own roller-coaster journey as a politician, factional powerbrokers exiled him to the backbench, but his perseverance and abilities earned him the honour of becoming Australia's minister for trade and higher education. The Boy from Baradine is an unusual ex-politician's memoir. It is a deeply human tale of trauma and triumph, of fear and fun, of character overcoming adversity. It will also inspire young people that it is possible to succeed from the most unlikely of personal circumstances
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781925322590
- Label
- The boy from baradine
- Title
- The boy from baradine
- Statement of responsibility
- Craig Emerson (Author)
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- trueAustralian literature
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- trueEconomists
- trueMothers and sons
- Emerson, Craig
- trueAustralia -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- trueAustralia -- Politics and government -- 21st century
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueLegislators -- Australia -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- From the bush of Baradine to the corridors of Canberra, this is Craig Emerson's story of triumph and courage over adversity. In the mid-1960s, in the small town of Baradine in north-western New South Wales, the Emerson family was in continual crisis. The mother suffered from deep depression, and the father was exhausted by their constant fights. The two sons - Craig and Lance - were traumatised by their mother's mental struggles and inexplicable outbursts of violence against them. Yet both parents worked hard for meagre wages to give Craig a good education, and he vindicated their sacrifice. After gaining a PhD in economics, he was invited to join Bob Hawke's staff to help design and implement the Labor government's economic and environmental programme. Craig became like a son to the prime minister; he and Bob worked hard, but also relished time out for betting, joking, and singing. During Craig's own roller-coaster journey as a politician, factional powerbrokers exiled him to the backbench, but his perseverance and abilities earned him the honour of becoming Australia's minister for trade and higher education. The Boy from Baradine is an unusual ex-politician's memoir. It is a deeply human tale of trauma and triumph, of fear and fun, of character overcoming adversity. It will also inspire young people that it is possible to succeed from the most unlikely of personal circumstances
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10680766
- Cataloging source
- AU@
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Emerson, Craig
- Dewey number
- 330.092
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
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- Emerson, Craig
- Economists
- Legislators
- Politicians
- Australia
- Australia
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The boy from baradine, Craig Emerson (Author)
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000061025381
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781925322590
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1007824244
- Label
- The boy from baradine, Craig Emerson (Author)
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000061025381
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781925322590
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- portraits
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1007824244
Subject
- trueAustralia -- History -- 20th century
- trueAustralia -- Politics and government -- 20th century
- trueAustralia -- Politics and government -- 21st century
- trueAustralian
- trueAustralian literature
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueEconomists
- Economists -- Australia -- Biography
- Emerson, Craig
- trueFamily problems
- trueFamily relationships
- trueLegislators -- Australia -- Biography
- trueLife stories -- Politics | Politicians
- trueMothers and sons
- truePoliticians -- Australia -- Biography
- truePoliticians -- Biography
- trueSocial mobility
- trueWomen with depression
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