Jill Roe: 3 books

Book cover of Our Fathers Cleared the Bush

Our Fathers Cleared the Bush

Remembering Eyre Peninsula

by Jill Roe
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016

Renowned historian Jill Roe, whose grandparents were early settlers of South Australia's west coast, revisits her mid-century childhood in what was one of Australia's most remote regions. Rhythms of work and play were punctuated by moments - the annual show, a visit from young Queen Elizabeth - that...
Book cover of Miles Franklin

Miles Franklin

A Short Biography

by Jill Roe
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018

A classic, accessible award-winning biography of Australia's most iconic author, leading feminist and humanitarian. 'To meet Miles Franklin was as invigorating as to ride on a spring morning across the Monaro plains she so dearly loved,' wrote Henrietta Drake-Brockman. Author, union organiser,...
Book cover of Stella Miles Franklin

Stella Miles Franklin

A Biography

by Jill Roe
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010

The award-winning biography of one of Australia's best-loved writers ... The author of MY BRILLAINT CAREER had a fascinating career of her own ... Winner of the Adelaide Festival Award for Literature for Non-Fiction 2010 'a long-awaited and splendidly breezy blockbuster biography of the indefatigable,...
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