Dr Ross McMullin is a senior History fellow at the University of Melbourne and the author (most recently) of Farewell, Dear People: Biographies of Australia’s Lost Generation. He is also the author of the award winning Pompey Elliott. Farewell Dear People tells the stories of ten outstanding young Australians who gave their lives in battle during the First World War. [...]
The story of the battle of Mont St Quentin-Peronne in 1918 involved the capture of the “unattackable” Mont and the “invincible” fortress town of Péronne, two of the great feats of Australian forces in the First World War. In her books, Beaten Down by Blood and The Battle of Mont St Quentin Peronne, Michel Bomford tells of the [...]
Sociologist and historian Taner Akçam was born in the province of Ardahan, Turkey. As the editor-in-chief of a student political journal, he was arrested in 1976 and sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. Amnesty International adopted him as a prisoner of conscience. A year later, he escaped to Germany. Between 2000 and 2002, Taner Akçam was [...]
