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Doug Limbrick

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Doug Limbrick is a graduate from the Australian National University. He worked for many years providing social policy advice to government and participated in a number of national enquiries and evaluations. For his pioneering work on data collection and evaluation he was awarded an Australia Day medal. He had a number of appointments to national and international bodies.

As a history writer he has focused on nineteenth-century Australian colonial history. A particular research interest has been exploring the reasons people emigrated with a focus on disadvantaged groups and the social and economic changes in Britain that prompted so many people to emigrate to the colonies. In his books he has written extensively about the impact of the emigr ...more

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Average rating: 4.88 · 116 ratings · 108 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	Death Ships - the story of life & death on six big emigrant ships 4.80 avg rating — 41 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Farewell to Old England Forever 4.95 avg rating — 37 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Colonial Artist S.T. Gill: A Window Into Nineteenth-Century Austalia Through Colonial Art 4.86 avg rating — 21 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Stag Diary - Passage to Colonial Adelaide 1850 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Running the Marathon with Cancer: A Story About Life, Love, Running, Friendships, Personal Growth, Self Discovery & Surviving Colorectal Cancer it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Guide to Running Your First Marathon really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Church With no Walls: A History of the South Woden Uniting Church 1967 - 2017 by Doug Limbrick (Goodreads Author), Libby Coates, John Cope 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Death Ships: The story of life and death six big emigrant ships 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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