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Peter Garrett Peter Garrett i(A22274 works by) (a.k.a. Peter Robert Garrett)
Born: Established: 1953 Wahroonga, Hornsby area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales, ;
Gender: Male
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1 10 y separately published work icon Big Blue Sky : A Memoir Peter Garrett , Crows Nest : Allen and Unwin , 2015 8719171 2015 single work autobiography

'The provocative, entertaining, impassioned and inspiring memoir of Midnight Oil frontman, environmental activist and politician - a truly remarkable Australian.

'Peter Garrett's life so far has been deeply felt and fully and passionately lived. A man of boundless energy, compassion, fierce intelligence and a questing and creative spirit, he has already achieved enough to fill several lives.

'From his idyllic childhood growing up in the northern suburbs of Sydney, to the devastating early loss of his parents; from the height of 1960s culture shock at ANU to fronting iconic Australian band Midnight Oil; from his time as a galvanising activist for the environment to being the only unaligned Cabinet Minister in two Labor governments, Garrett has an extraordinary story to tell.

'He writes movingly about his lifelong mission to protect the environment and champion indigenous communities and issues, about his love for his family and his passion for our country: what it means to him and what it can become.

'Provocative, entertaining, impassioned and inspiring, this memoir goes to the heart and soul of a remarkable Australian and raises questions crucial to us all.' (Publication summary)

1 1 Beds Are Burning Beds Are Burning (Dry River Bed Version) Rob Hirst , Jim Moginie , Peter Garrett , 2009 single work lyric/song
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16 September 2009; (p. 5)
1 2 form y separately published work icon Outlanders Timothy Daly , Peter Garrett , 1995 Australia : ABC Radio National , 1995 Z853984 1995 single work radio play
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