Name: Julia Baird
Bio: ABC Presenter, journalist and author, Victoria: The Queen – An Intimate Biography of a Woman Who Ruled an Empire
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This speech was printed in Sydney Papers Vol.16 No.4 in 2004 (pages 73-80)
Fifth in line to the throne at the time of her birth, Victoria was an ordinary woman thrust into an extraordinary role when she inherited the British throne at 18. As a girl, she defied her mother’s meddling and an adviser’s bullying, forging an iron will of her own. As a teenage queen, she eagerly…
Speaker(s): Julia Baird Date: 2016-11-02 Venue: Corrs Chambers Westgarth, Level 17, 8-12 Chifley Square (entrance via Hunter Street), Sydney Time: 5.30 for 6pm
Speaker(s): Julia Baird Date: 2004-09-21 Venue: Time:
