'Peter was born in Hackney, South Australia in 1939. He was brought up in Brownhill Creek, Mitcham. He has been a champion debater, and while in Tasmania wordsmith for university reviews. Peter Gilchrist is the author of Economic Realism: Society of Lapsed Economists (1994). He is a retired teacher, from teaching positions in Tasmania and South Australia, and now lives in Grange. Peter continues to write the occasional lines for his friends.' (https://moonglowpublishing.com.au/store/p16/occassional_lines_peter_gilchrist.html#/)