y separately published work icon Hands across the Water single work   autobiography  
Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 Hands across the Water
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'Peter Baines started his career as a police officer in the streets of Cabramatta in the early nineties. Becoming a specialist in forensic crime scene investigations he was called upon to bring his skills to the Bali bombings in 2002. But it was the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami that forever changed the direction of his life. Helping the people of Thailand identify their dead, he met the countless children who had been left behind, orphaned, with nowhere to go. With a colleague he decided to do something, and set about creating the charity Hands Across the Water, building an orphanage and raising funds to support and educate the children.

'This is Peter's story about how one knockabout Aussie bloke can change the lives of thousands by offering a hand.' (From the publisher's website.)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Macmillan Australia , 2011 .
      Extent: 304p., [16]p. of platesp.
      Description: col. illus., ports
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: 1 September 2011.
      ISBN: 9781742610566 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

Untitled Dominique Wilson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , no. 25 2011; (p. 62)

— Review of Hands across the Water Peter Baines , 2011 single work autobiography
Off the Shelf : Memoir Dianne Dempsey , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 10 September 2011; (p. 32)

— Review of Hands across the Water Peter Baines , 2011 single work autobiography
Off the Shelf : Memoir Dianne Dempsey , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 10 September 2011; (p. 32)

— Review of Hands across the Water Peter Baines , 2011 single work autobiography
Untitled Dominique Wilson , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Wet Ink , no. 25 2011; (p. 62)

— Review of Hands across the Water Peter Baines , 2011 single work autobiography
Last amended 12 Sep 2011 16:29:37
Subjects:
  • New South Wales,
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    Thailand,
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    Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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