Everything about Peter Coleman totally explained
(William) Peter Coleman (born
15 December 1928) is an Australian writer/journalist and former politician.
Coleman was born in the
Melbourne suburb of
Caulfield and educated at the selective
North Sydney Boys High School. He graduated from the
University of Sydney with a
BA in 1950 and from the
London School of Economics with an
M Sc in 1952. He married Verna Scott (biographer) in April 1952 and they've two daughters (Tanya, lawyer and wife of
Peter Costello,Ursula, children's book author
Ursula Dubosarsky) and a son (William, economist). He subsequently taught for a year in
Sudan.
Writer and Journalist
Coleman was associate editor of
Observer (a defunct fortnightly magazine owned by
Frank Packer) between 1958 and 1960, editor of
the Bulletin between 1964 and 1967 and editor of
Quadrant for twenty years between 1967 and 1990.
Coleman has published many books. The best known are a history of Australian censorship "Obscenity Blasphemy Sedition" (1962);biographies "The Heart of James McAuley" (1980), "The Real Barry Humphries" (1991), and "Bruce Beresford' (1992); a study of the Cold War and the intellectuals "The Liberal Conspiracy. The Congress for Cultural Freedom and the Struggle for the Mind of Postwar Europe" (1989).He published the autobiographical "Memoirs of a Slow Learner" in 1994.
He has also edited a number of books of which the best known are "Australian Civilization" (1962) and "Six Incorrect Essays"
(1999).
Public life
Coleman was elected as the
Liberal member for
Fuller in the
New South Wales Legislative Assembly in February 1968 being returned with increasing majorities at the subsequent three elections.
He was Minister for Revenue and Assistant Treasurer from October 1975 to January 1976 and Chief Secretary from January 1976 until the defeat of the
Willis government in May 1976. Coleman was the parliamentary leader of the Liberal Party from
16 December 1977 until he lost his seat in the 1978 election.
and resumed his literary career.
Publications
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]- Coleman Peter, The Liberal Conspiracy. The Congress for Cultural Freedom and the Struggle for the Mind of Postwar Europe,New York, The Free Press (Macmillan), 1989, 333, ISBN 0-02-906481-3
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