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From humble beginnings in a small-town Salvation Army family to a career as a court chaplain, who gave comfort to some of Australia's most notorious criminals, including accused child killer Kathleen Folbigg , Major Joyce Harmer's life has been one of enormous contrasts. This is the inspiring story of a quiet achiever.

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It was Mary MacKillop's miracles of healing that led her to be canonised as Australia's first saint, but perhaps her most important legacy was the religious order she founded. Mary MacKillop's sisters have been teaching and setting up schools all over Australia and New Zealand since 1867. A fascinating collection of interviews of the sisters.

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Murdered by Shining Path guerilla terrorists in the Peruvian Andes, Sister Irene McCormack's death overtook Manning Clark's in the newspaper headlines of May 1991. Why the amazing outpouring of grief This book goes behind the veil to put together a portrait of Sister Irene McCormack.

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In the months following his resignation as PM in late August 1941, Robert Menzies swayed between relief at his release from the burdens of office and despair that his life at the top had come to so little. This is an original and insightful book about Menzies 193941 government and his so-called wilderness years.

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(Hardback)

This landmark book re-establishes Lyons as one of Australias most capable and popular leaders and reminds us of why he was the first Australian prime minister to win and survive three consecutive elections. Joe Lyons led Australia through the financial crisis of the 1930s up to the eve of World War II. He died in office on 7 April 1939.