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- Published 20150203
- ISBN: 9781922182678
- Extent: 264 pp
- Paperback (234 x 153mm), eBook

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Sarah Burnside
Sarah Burnside is a Perth-based writer with a focus on history, politics and policy. She developed an interest in the political and social impacts...
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