Author: DARLING, SIR JAMES. Title: Richly Rewarding. An autobiography.
Description: First Edition; Demy 8vo; pp. xiii, 283; 27 plates, index, bound in original red cloth, title lettered in gilt on spine, faded dustjacket; very good copy. Melbourne; Hill of Content in Association with Lloyd O'Neil; 1978. Darling came to Australia in 1930 to take over Geelong Church of England Grammar School. Thirty-one years later it was said by many to be the best school, public or state, in Australia. How this was achieved by educational innovation, imagination and above all, sheer leadership, is told in this eminently readable autobiography.
Keywords: Australian Sir James Darling local history autobiography education ABC theatre politics Victoria geelong
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- Book number: 91095