Book launch

Image Credit: No.006 Cook, Alison Alder, 2016

Joseph Cook – The Chameleon: Australia's sixth prime minister

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Wednesday, 12 February 2025, 11:00 am (AEDT)
Location: Level 1, Members' Hall adjacent to the 'I am Woman' exhibition
RSVP: by Monday 10 February to parliamentary.librarian@aph.gov.au

Please join us as Senator the Hon Sue Lines, President of the Senate, and the Hon Milton Dick MP, Speaker of the House of Representatives, launch Joseph Cook — The Chameleon, the latest monograph in the First Eight series authored by Prof David Headon AM.

The launch will be followed by a book signing with the author.

About the author

Prof David Headon is a cultural consultant and historian. Formerly Director of the Centre for Australian Cultural Studies, Cultural Adviser to the National Capital Authority and History and Heritage Adviser for the Centenary of Canberra, he is now a Foundation Fellow at the Australian Studies Institute (ANU), a Parliamentary Library Associate and the Canberra Raiders club historian.

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