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Most Referenced Works
Personal Awards
- 2021 recipient The Neilma Sidney Literary Travel Fund for travel to Cairns and Bamaga to work with Aaron Fa’Aoso on his memoir
- 2021 shortlisted Hazel Rowley Literary Fellowship for writing a memoir for Torres Strait Islander actor, film and television writer, director and producer Aaron Fa’Aoso.
Awards for Works
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Elizabeth Macarthur: A Life at the Edge of the World
Melbourne
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Text Publishing
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2018
12973732
2018
single work
biography
'In 1788 a young gentlewoman raised in the vicarage of an English village married a handsome, haughty and penniless army officer. In any Austen novel that would be the end of the story, but for the real-life woman who became an Australian farming entrepreneur, it was just the beginning.
'John Macarthur took credit for establishing the Australian wool industry and would feature on the two-dollar note, but it was practical Elizabeth who managed their holdings—while dealing with the results of John’s manias: duels, quarrels, court cases, a military coup, long absences overseas, grandiose construction projects and, finally, his descent into certified insanity.
'Michelle Scott Tucker shines a light on an often-overlooked aspect of Australia’s history in this fascinating story of a remarkable woman.' (Publication Summary)
- 2019 shortlisted CHASS Australia Prizes — Australia Book Prize
- 2018 shortlisted Ashurst Business Literature Prize
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