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Big blue sky : a memoir / Peter Garrett.

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Record Number 17668
ISBN 9781760110413
Location B GAR
Author Garrett, Peter, 1953-
Title Big blue sky : a memoir / Peter Garrett. [BOOK]
Published Crows Nest, NSW Allen & Unwin, 2015.
Collation 448 pages, 48 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 25 cm.
General Note Includes index.
Bibliography Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Note Homebody -- Quiet at the back -- The place to be -- School of rock -- A weird mob -- Losses and gains -- Out and about -- The hurdy-gurdy man -- Lift-off -- Big moves -- Keep on the sunny side -- A continent immense in the world -- Forty thousand years -- The Australia Card -- The time had come -- "We're all greenies now' -- One place left in the world -- Broome time -- Up for grabs -- Amsterdam and bust -- Wrong mine, wrong place -- I see motion -- Into the ring -- No time to waste -- Mad dance -- On the inside -- Art for everyone's sake -- Day of reckoning -- Dying light -- The fall guy -- Great big singers -- The mixmaster -- It's education, stupid -- Joker in the pack -- Are we there yet? -- Epilogue.
Summary Note "Peter Garrett's life so far has been deeply felt and fully and passionately lived. A man of boundless energy, compassion, intelligence and creativity, he has already achieved enough to fill several lives. From his idyllic childhood growing up in the northern suburbs of Sydney, to an early interest in equality and justice; 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." - Book jacket.
Personal Name Garrett, Peter, 1953-
Subject Concerts -- Northern Territory
Aboriginal Australians -- Northern Territory
Rock musicians -- Australia -- Biography
Musicians
Politicians -- Australia -- Biography
Geographic Name Australia -- Politics and government -- 1976-1990
Australia -- Politics and government -- 1990-2001
Australia -- Politics and government -- 2001-
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