Michael S Sexton

Mama Jude: An Australian Nurse's Extraordinary Other Life in Africa

An Australian nurse's extraordinary other life in Africa Despite plans to enjoy her retirement after working as a nurse for over three decades, Judy Steel found herself in Uganda, at the age of 58, providing medical aid to some of Africa's most disadvantaged people. Since 2000, she has returned ever...

WAR FOR THE ASKING

Marconi: The Irish Connection

The pioneer of radio communication, Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), had an Irish mother, Annie Jameson, and married, as his first wife, Beatrice O'Brien, daughter of Lord Inchiquin of Dromoland Castle, County Clare. This study traces Marconi's Irish and Italian family connections, and his work in Ire...

The Book Of Resurrection

“I believe, rather I know that mankind and the world are moving towards some sort of mass awareness.”“There is a spiritual awakening that the masses have not quite identified. Mankind is simply tired of being coerced and constrained by the ignorant and arrogant and is insisting on a better way.”“I t...

Four Plays by Dawn Powell

FROM HER COLLEGE days onward, Dawn Powell dreamed of becoming a successful playwright. Indeed, over the course of four decades, she finished at least ten plays and was working on fashioning her novel The Golden Spur into a musical comedy during her final illness. Only two of her plays were mounted d...

Gough Whitlam: The Rise and Ruin of a Prime Minister

Gough Whitlam, Australia’s prime minister from 1972 to 1975, presided over a government that promised hope and reform, yet soon lurched into chaos and corruption – prompting Whitlam’s sensational sacking by the Governor-General Sir John Kerr. His downfall was truly Shakespearian in dimension, an ena...

Strange Dreams: A Collection of Journeys into the Unknown

An anthology of science fiction stories that question what is real, what isn't, and why it matters. Psychedelic, dystopian, and exploratory, there's no guarantee you'll come out of "Strange Dreams" the same way you came in.

ON THE EDGES OF HISTORY: A Memoir of Law, Books and Politics

Michael Sexton has taken part in and recorded some of the most interesting history of Australia's post-war years. He tells the story here of his major cases as a lawyer, many of them as Solicitor General for New South Wales, and of his long involvement with politics and public administration. He rec...

Silent Flood: Australia's Salinity Crisis

Illusions of Power: The Fate of a Reform Government

Illusions of Power: The Fate of a Reform Government

The Regulation of Foreign Investment in Australia

The Great Crash: The Short Life And Sudden Death of the Whitlam Government

Who Is the School

Michael Sext

Michael Sexton is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Blues between 1990 and 2000. A defender, Sexton was a member of Carlton's 1995 premiership team and an All Australian in both 1996 and 1997. Michael Sexton is member of the AFL "Laws of the Game" or Rules Committee.