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David Hill David Hill i(A105417 works by)
Born: Established: 1947
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

'During his remarkable career, David Hill has been chairman then managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation; chairman of the Australian Football Association; chief executive of the State Rail Authority; chairman of Sydney Water Corporation; and chairman of CREATE (an organisation representing Australian children in institutional care).

'He has also held a number of other executive appointments in the areas of sport, transport, broadcasting, fiscal management and city parks.

'In 2006 he was awarded a Diploma of Arts with merit in classical archaeology from Sydney University. He is an honorary associate at the Sydney University departments of archaeology, classics and ancient history, and a visiting fellow at the University of New South Wales.

'Since 2011 he has been the manager of an archaeological study of the ancient Greek city of Troizen. He has for many years been a leading figure in the international campaign to have the Parthenon sculptures returned from the British Museum to Greece.'

Source: https://www.penguin.com.au/authors/david-hill

Most Referenced Works

Notes

  • Other works not individually indexed include:

    The Brutal Truth of the First Fleet, The Great Race, The Making of Australia, Convict Colony

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon The Forgotten Children : Fairbridge Farm School and Its Betrayal of Australia's Child Migrants North Sydney : Random House Australia , 2007 Z1384357 2007 single work autobiography

'"In 1959 David Hill s mother a poor single parent living in England reluctantly decided to send her sons to Fairbridge Farm School in New South Wales where, she was led to believe, they would have a good education and a better life. David was lucky his mother was able to follow him out to Australia but for most children, the reality was shockingly different. From 1938 to 1974 thousands of parents were persuaded to sign over legal guardianship of their children to Fairbridge to solve the problem of child poverty in Britain while populating the colony. Now many of those children have decided to speak out. Physical and sexual abuse was not uncommon. Loneliness was rife. Food was often inedible. The standard of education was appalling. Here, for the first time, is the story of the lives of the Fairbridge children, from the bizarre luxury of the voyage out to Australia to the harsh reality of the first days there; from the crushing daily routine to stolen moments of freedom and the struggle that defined life after leaving the school.'
2008 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Multicultural NSW Award
2007 shortlisted Mark and Evette Moran Nib Award for Literature
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