In his most recent publication, Australia – 1901-2001, former NSW MP turned author and historian Andrew Tink has brought together many of the stories that made Australia in the twentieth century, from Federation to the Sydney 2000 Olympics. It was a century marked by the trauma of war and the despair of the Depression, balanced…

After 11 years as a NSW state Liberal MP, Andrew Tink left parliament in 2007 to pursue his passion for history and writing. His first book, William Charles Wentworth, Australia’s greatest native son,  won “The Nib” CAL Waverly Award for Literature. He followed this with Lord Sydney – the life and times of Tommy Townshend…

Andrew Tink was the Member for Eastwood in Sydney from 1988-99 and the Member for Epping from 1999-2007. Since leaving politics, Andrew Tink has published a biography of Australian pioneer William Charles Wentworth and more recently a biography of Lord Sydney – Lord Sydney: The Life and Times of Tommy Townsend. On Wednesday 1 February…