Derek Pugh Derek Pugh i(A34566 works by)
Gender: Male
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BiographyHistory

A teacher from the Northern Territory who co-wrote Tammy Damulkurra with The Sunshine Girls, ten students from his school. In 2020, his Darwin: Origin of a City was shortlisted for the Chief Minister's NT Book Awards (non-fiction).

Most Referenced Works

Personal Awards

2020 shortlisted Territory Read Book of the Year Chief Minister's NT Book Awards Non-fiction for Darwin: Origin of a City.
2020 recipient Order of Australia Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) For service to education in the Northern Territory.

Awards for Works

y separately published work icon Tambora : Travels to Sumbawa and the Mountain that Changed the World Australia : Derek Pugh , 2015 9748734 2015 single work prose travel

'This is a history and a travelogue to Sumbawa, Indonesia, released on the eve of the bicentenary of the largest eruption in recorded history – Mt Tambora with a VEI of 7 was ten times the size of the more famous Krakatau. It erupted on 10th April 1815 with dramatic impact on the East Indies and across the world: it changed the global climate for at least three years (known as the “Year Without Summer”) and the world reeled from its long lasting effects: more than 100,000 Indonesians died from the event or from the disease and famine that followed: millions were affected worldwide through starvation, disease and death; it caused the total the destruction of the Tamboran culture, language and people; massive European emigration; numerous floods and/or droughts; religious fervour and the creation of a new religion; the invention of the bicycle; the ‘westward ho!” wagon trains in the US; magnificent art; the birth of science fiction and Frankenstein; widespread riots and political instability; coloured snow and frosts in mid-summer.

'The author outlines the history of this largely unknown mountain, travels to Sumbawa and watches four year old jockeys racing horses, wades knee deep through a million jellyfish, meets royalty and unintelligible surfers and climbs the mountain and discusses the effects of world climate change on a population that is far from ready, even today.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

2016 winner Territory Read Book of the Year Chief Minister's NT Book Awards Non-fiction
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