Captain Charles: Engineer of Charity: The Remarkable Life of Charles Gordon O'Neill.
by Utick, Stephen
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- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 1741753783
- ISBN 13
- 9781741753783
- Seller
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Annandale, New South Wales, Australia
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About This Item
Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2008. Paperback octavo, very good condition, colour & black & white photos centre spread, minor edgewear, presentation bookplate. 276 pp. Extraordinary saga of an Irish-Scottish migrant "Captain" Charles Gordon O'Neill. He was an engineer, inventor, parliamentarian and philanthropist, but is most noted as a principal co-founder of the St Vincent de Paul Society in Australia and New Zealand. Sponsored by the St Vincent de Paul Society.
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16362
- Title
- Captain Charles: Engineer of Charity: The Remarkable Life of Charles Gordon O'Neill.
- Author
- Utick, Stephen
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1741753783
- ISBN 13
- 9781741753783
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- Date Published
- 2008
- Keywords
- australian biography, australian history, charities, technology, engineering, engineers, ethnicity, irish-australians, britain, scotland, pacific, new zealand
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- AUSTRALIAN BIOGRAPHY;
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Bookhome Sydney
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Bookhome Sydney
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Annandale, New South Wales
About Bookhome Sydney
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