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Ross McMullin Ross McMullin i(A18421 works by)
Born: Established: 1952 ;
Gender: Male
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Ross McMullin is a historian and biographer whose main interests are Australian history, politics, and sport. He has researched and written extensively about Australia's involvement in World War I.

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y separately published work icon Life So Full of Promise : Further Biographies of Australia’s Lost Generation Carlton North : Scribe , 2023 25433419 2023 selected work biography

'Acclaimed historian and biographer Ross McMullin has again combined prodigious research and narrative flair in this sequel to Farewell, Dear People, the winner of multiple awards, including the Prime Minister's Prize for Australian History.

'Life So Full of Promise, his second multi-biography about Australia's lost generation of World War I, features a collection of interwoven stories set in that defining era. The extended biographies give prominence not only to the extraordinary identities who died, but also to their families and friends.

'The rich cast of characters includes a talented barrister whose outstanding leadership enabled a momentous Australian victory; an eminent newspaper editor who kept his community informed about the war while his sons were in the trenches; a soldiers' mother who became a political activist and a Red Cross dynamo at Bendigo; an admired farmer whose unit was rushed to the rescue in the climax of the conflict; the close sisters from Melbourne who found their lives transformed; a popular officer who was more fervently mourned than any other Australian casualty; the most versatile top-level sportsman Australia has ever known; and a bohemian Scandinavian blonde who disrupted one of Sydney's best-known families.

'Also revealed is the untold story of an enthusiastic cricketer who was chosen in an Australian national side to tour England, and the surprising explanation for his decision not to go. In addition, there is a superb biography of a brilliant yet practically unknown cricketer whose stunning feat has never been matched.

'The storytelling is superlative, illuminating, and profoundly moving.' (Publication summary)

2023 winner 'The Nib': CAL Waverley Library Award for Literature Mark and Evette Moran Nib Award for Literature The Alex Buzo Shortlist Prize
2023 shortlisted Mark and Evette Moran Nib Award for Literature
y separately published work icon Will Dyson : Australia's Radical Genius Carlton North : Scribe , 2006 Z1230019 2006 single work biography
2007 highly commended National Biography Award
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