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James Waite Morgan James Waite Morgan i(A143334 works by)
Gender: Male
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1 Travelling First Class James Waite Morgan , 2013 single work review
— Appears in: Crikey , July 2013;
— Review of Questions of Travel Michelle De Kretser , 2012 single work novel 'In the last three weeks Michelle de Kretser’s novel ‘Questions of Travel’ has picked up two of Australia’s most prestigious literary prizes — the Miles Franklin Literary Award and the Australian Literature Society’s Gold Medal. Jim Morgan takes the journey, twice.'
1 4 y separately published work icon The Premier and the Pastoralist : William Morgan and​ Peter Waite James Waite Morgan , Kent Town : Wakefield Press , 2011 Z1820701 2011 single work biography 'Once upon a time in South Australia, politics had no parties and pastoral country no fences. In the mid-nineteenth century, William Morgan and Peter Waite from Bedfordshire and Fife arrived to fill the vacuum: Morgan helped provide stability for 'reproductive works' so that railways snaked across the new colony, cultural institutions took shape and the mighty Torrens was dammed; while with a shipload of high tensile wire and big dams Waite set up the arid zone for sheep. ...' (From the publisher's website.)
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