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David Hill


Born
The United Kingdom
Genre
Nonfiction


During his remarkable career, David Hill has been chairman then managing director of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation; chairman of the Australian Football Association; chief executive and director of the State Rail Authority; chairman of Sydney Water Corporation; a fellow of the Sydney University Senate; and chairman of CREATE (an organisation representing Australian children in institutional care).
He has held a number of other executive appointments and committee chair positions in the areas of sport, transport, international radio broadcasting, international news providers, politics, fiscal management and city parks.
David came from England to Australia in 1959 under the Fairbridge Farm School Child Migrant scheme. He left school a ...more

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Average rating: 3.87 · 1,827 ratings · 194 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors
1788: The Brutal Truth of t...
3.92 avg rating — 837 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions
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The Forgotten Children
3.65 avg rating — 317 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions
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Convict Colony: The Remarka...
4.06 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 2019 — 4 editions
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The Great Race
3.85 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 2012 — 9 editions
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The Making of Australia
3.85 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions
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The Gold Rush: The Fever Th...
3.83 avg rating — 108 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions
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Reckoning
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Australia and the Monarchy
3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2016 — 2 editions
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“The principal business going forward at present is erecting”
― David Hill, 1788: The Brutal Truth Of The First Fleet
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