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y separately published work icon Big Blue Sky : A Memoir single work   autobiography  
Issue Details: First known date: 2015... 2015 Big Blue Sky : A Memoir
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'The provocative, entertaining, impassioned and inspiring memoir of Midnight Oil frontman, environmental activist and politician - a truly remarkable Australian.

'Peter Garrett's life so far has been deeply felt and fully and passionately lived. A man of boundless energy, compassion, fierce intelligence and a questing and creative spirit, he has already achieved enough to fill several lives.

'From his idyllic childhood growing up in the northern suburbs of Sydney, to the devastating early loss of his parents; from the height of 1960s culture shock at ANU to fronting iconic Australian band Midnight Oil; from his time as a galvanising activist for the environment to being the only unaligned Cabinet Minister in two Labor governments, Garrett has an extraordinary story to tell.

'He writes movingly about his lifelong mission to protect the environment and champion indigenous communities and issues, about his love for his family and his passion for our country: what it means to him and what it can become.

'Provocative, entertaining, impassioned and inspiring, this memoir goes to the heart and soul of a remarkable Australian and raises questions crucial to us all.' (Publication summary)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2015 .
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      Cover image courtesy of publisher.
      Extent: 432p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 14 October 2015
      ISBN: 9781760110413
    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2016 .
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      Image courtesy of publisher's website.
      Extent: 456p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 24th August 2016
      ISBN: 9781760294199

Other Formats

  • Sound recording.
  • Large print.

Works about this Work

Mr Garrett Goes to Canberra Dennis Altman , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January-February no. 378 2016; (p. 61)

— Review of Big Blue Sky : A Memoir Peter Garrett , 2015 single work autobiography
Best Reads – End of Story Deborah Bogle , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 20 December 2015; (p. 24)
Peter Pens a Memoir of Hope 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Mercury , 6 November 2015; (p. 3)
Oils Flame Could Still Burn Again Damien McCartney , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: NT News , 2 November 2015; (p. 4)

— Review of Big Blue Sky : A Memoir Peter Garrett , 2015 single work autobiography
Sky Fall Sally Glaetzer , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 31 October 2015; (p. 21)

— Review of Big Blue Sky : A Memoir Peter Garrett , 2015 single work autobiography
A Pulsating Riff on Much More Than Politics John Birmingham , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 23 November 2015; (p. 30-31) The Saturday Age , 21-22 November 2015; (p. 24)

— Review of Big Blue Sky : A Memoir Peter Garrett , 2015 single work autobiography
Sky Fall Sally Glaetzer , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 31 October 2015; (p. 21)

— Review of Big Blue Sky : A Memoir Peter Garrett , 2015 single work autobiography
Oils Flame Could Still Burn Again Damien McCartney , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: NT News , 2 November 2015; (p. 4)

— Review of Big Blue Sky : A Memoir Peter Garrett , 2015 single work autobiography
Mr Garrett Goes to Canberra Dennis Altman , 2016 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , January-February no. 378 2016; (p. 61)

— Review of Big Blue Sky : A Memoir Peter Garrett , 2015 single work autobiography
The Biggest Stage Brett Evans , 2015 single work review
— Appears in: Inside Story , November 2015;

— Review of Big Blue Sky : A Memoir Peter Garrett , 2015 single work autobiography
'Brett Evans follows Peter Garrett from West Pymble to Canberra, via French’s in Oxford Street'
Rockers Get Good Oil Antimo Iannella , Anna Vlach , Matt Gilbertson , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 14 October 2015; (p. 25)
Garrett Oils Wheels of Reunion Talk Penelope Debelle , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 17 October 2015; (p. 23)
Lunch With ... Peter Garrett : Written in the Heart Deborah Bogle (interviewer), 2015 single work interview
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 October 2015; (p. 53)
Peter Pens a Memoir of Hope 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Mercury , 6 November 2015; (p. 3)
Best Reads – End of Story Deborah Bogle , 2015 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 20 December 2015; (p. 24)
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