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Gordon Barton: Australia's Maverick Entrepreneur

Gordon Barton: Australia's Maverick Entrepreneur

Everyingham, Sam

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ISBN10: 1741752434
ISBN13: 9781741752434
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Published: Feb 1 2009
Pages: 440
Language: English
Gordon Barton is one of the most extraordinary business people Australia has produced. A prominent and provocative commentator with an entirely new vision for Australia, he founded the political party that eventually became the Australian Democrats, owned two radical newspapers including Nation Review, and built a vast commercial empire with interests in transport, mining, insurance, hotels, casinos, and book publishing and retailing. Described as the Great Gatsby of his time, Barton's private life was wild and unconventional. He captivated women and generated countless headlines at the height of his success, but died a recluse in Italy having lost the European and Australian transport empires he worked so hard to create. To know Gordon Barton is to understand a unique period in Australia's social and political history. Combining deep research with rich personal insight, Sam Everingham brings to life one of Australia's most dynamic and unconventional characters.

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