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Redmond Barry: An Anglo-Irish Australian.
by Galbally, Ann
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0522845169
- ISBN 13
- 9780522845167
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Melbourne: Melbourne University Press (MUP), 1995. 1st ed.. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), black & white text-photos, two colour photos, family tree, map, minor foxing top edge, minor edgewear jacket, bookplate, small sticker taped to spine. 228 pp. Biography of Redmond Barry, the Anglo-Irish colonial judge in Victoria, who strongly supported libraries and universities. This important biography tells the challenging complexities and large scale of his life, both public and private. Ann Galbally tackles the full gamut of his interests, achievements, strengths, weaknesses, and concludes that he was not replacable. The story is told boldly and well. (Bookplate from library of Frank McDonald on front free flyleaf.).
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 41185
- Title
- Redmond Barry: An Anglo-Irish Australian.
- Author
- Galbally, Ann
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0522845169
- ISBN 13
- 9780522845167
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Press (MUP)
- Place of Publication
- Melbourne
- Date Published
- 1995
- Keywords
- australian biography, australian government, law, justices, irish-australians, victoria
- Bookseller catalogs
- AUSTRALIAN BIOGRAPHY;
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Annandale, New South Wales
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- Octavo
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