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Christine Wallace Christine Wallace i(A85505 works by) (a.k.a. Chris Wallace)
Born: Established: 1960 ;
Gender: Female
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1 Too Hot to Handle Christine Wallace , 2023 extract biography (Political Lives : Australian Prime Ministers and Their Biographers)
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21 January 2023; (p. 15)
1 Friday Essay : How Blanche D'Alpuget’s ‘warts and All’ Biography of Her Lover Bob Hawke Helped Make Him Prime Minister Christine Wallace , 2023 extract biography (Political Lives : Australian Prime Ministers and Their Biographers)
— Appears in: The Conversation , 3 February 2023;
1 6 y separately published work icon Political Lives : Australian Prime Ministers and Their Biographers Christine Wallace , Sydney : NewSouth Publishing , 2022 24489920 2022 single work biography

'Political Lives is an intimate history of imagemaking and image-breaking in national politics. In 2011, Chris Wallace was writing a biography of Julia Gillard. After seeing the unparalleled onslaught from the Abbott opposition, she cancelled her contract and repaid her advance with the awareness of how hard the biography could hit. Political Lives is a result of that fraught experience. In it Wallace reflects on the roles and motives of biographers and their biographies in the 20th century.

'To discover who wrote biographies, and why, Wallace interviewed every living 20th century prime minister and their biographer, from Menzies to Hawke, Whitlam to Keating. The result is an intimate history of Australian national politics.'  (Publication summary)
1 At Once an Open Book and a Master of Disguise, Shane Warne’s Allure Extended Far beyond the Cricket Pitch Christine Wallace , 2022 single work obituary (for Shane Warne )
— Appears in: The Conversation , 6 March 2022;

'Pure box office, pure genius, was how former England cricket captain Nasser Hussain summed up the late, great Australian bowler Shane Warne, who died unexpectedly at just 52.'
1 Christine Wallace Review of Tom D. C. Roberts, Before Rupert: Keith Murdoch and the Birth of a Dynasty and Paul Strangio, Paul ‘t Hart and James Walter, The Pivot of Power : Australian Prime Ministers and Political Leadership, 1949–2016 Christine Wallace , 2020 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Journal of Biography and History , April no. 3 2020; (p. 185-190)
— Review of Before Rupert : Keith Murdoch and the Birth of a Dynasty Tom D. C. Roberts , 2015 single work biography 'When Keith Murdoch died in 1952, the Herald and Weekly Times published a  62-page encomium, Keith Murdoch, Journalist. 1 Referred to in house as the ‘Sir Keith Murdoch Tribute Book’, a limited edition of 2,500 copies was published for staff, friends and business associates.2 The brilliant and beneficent Murdoch of the ‘tribute book’—son of Scottish migrants to Melbourne, Rev. Patrick Murdoch and wife Annie (née Brown), and nephew of esteemed Australian academic and essayist Walter Murdoch—was a visionary who built Australia’s first national media empire. It barely mentioned his son, Keith Rupert Murdoch, 21 years old at the time, who seized the patriarch’s news baton and built the world’s most powerful international media empire.' (Introduction)
1 Vale Susan Ryan, Pioneer Labor Feminist Who Showed Big, Difficult Policy Changes Can, and Should, Be Made Christine Wallace , 2020 single work obituary (for Susan Ryan )
— Appears in: The Conversation , 27 September 2020;
1 Dunstan, Christies and Me : Growing up in the 'Athens of the South' Christine Wallace , 2017 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Griffith Review , no. 55 2017; (p. 92-102) 'Adelaide's golden age began when the Beatles flew into town on 12 June 1964, electrifying the citizenry out of their country-town torpor into a screaming mass on the streets. It ended when a dressing-gowned Don Dunstan resigned office on 15 February 1979, the last day of the most exciting state government Australia has ever seen. I spent most of that period in South Australia's excellent state education system, basking in the glow of a premier who seemingly made the earth move and stars pan gloriously across the heavens in a small city that, for once in its life, felt like the very centre of the universe. No joke.' (Publication abstract)
1 Success on the World Stage Christine Wallace , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 January 2015; (p. 5)
1 No Place for Poetry Christine Wallace , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 February 2014; (p. 5)
1 Sounds of Silence Christine Wallace , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 24 August 2013; (p. 5)
— Review of Who We Were Lucy Neave , 2013 single work novel
1 No Laughing Matter Christine Wallace , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 August 2013; (p. 5)
1 Moments of Truth Christine Wallace , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 27 July 2013; (p. 5)
1 The Write Career Path Christine Wallace , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 29 December 2012; (p. 5)
1 Un-Rich Pickings Christine Wallace , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 November 2012; (p. 5)
1 The Crime is Ripe Christine Wallace , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 20 October 2012; (p. 5)
1 Culture Gone Feral Christine Wallace , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 13 October 2012; (p. 5)
1 Salt of the Earth Christine Wallace , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 18 August 2012; (p. 5)
1 Tears Open Doors Christine Wallace , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 21 July 2012; (p. 5)
1 Gems of Stage and Screen Christine Wallace , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 31 March 2012; (p. 5)
1 Back off on the Biff Christine Wallace , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 3 September 2011; (p. 5)
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