Stephen Foster

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Stephen Foster is an Australian historian who has spent much of his career at the borders of academic and public history. His books include A Private Empire, which was short-listed for the Ernest Scott Prize for History and the Victorian Premier’s Literary Awards, and (as co-author) The Making of the Australian National University, which has been described as ‘a model university history’. He and his wife have three adult children and two grandchildren.

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A Private Empire

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Stephen Foster Stephen Foster said: " In this lively family history, written initially for his own family, Jonathan Rush recreates a familiar yet epic story of Scottish emigration. His MacKay ancestors travelled first to Prince Edward Island in 1806, then to New South Wales in the 1820s, ...more "

 
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