Harper Collins Publications held Function for Peter Fitzsimons
Kashif Amjad & Opposition leader Kim Beazley Peter Fitzsimons, one guest & Kashif Amjad
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On Monday evening
3/7/06 Harper Collins publications held a function at the Royal Automobile Club
of Sydney for former Wallaby great Peter Fitzsimons who recently launched his
latest book Tobruk. Peter has written over 13 books now including the
best selling book Kokoda. He has written Kim Beazley's autobiography as
well as Steven Waughs just to name a few. He also appears on 2UE radian in the
morning with Mike Carlton, on Fox Sports Back Page program and is a regular
writer for the Sydney Morning Herald and Sun-Herald. He has
interviewed people such as George Bush to Diego Maradona as well. Peter also
appears on Channel Nine from time to time as well is one of the top after dinner
speakers in Australia. The function was attended by over 300 people and the
chief guest to launch the book was The Hon. Kim Beazley, Leader of the
Opposition, with Mike Carlton as MC. The ceremony was also privileged to have
the "Rats of Tobruk" from the second world war, which is the association of the
Tobruk Australian Army officers of all those years back. Other dignitaries that
attended included Lisa Wilkinson (Channel 7 presenter and former CLEO editor and
wife of Peter Fitzsimons), Stephen Loosley high profile ALP member, Deborah
Thomas (Editor Women's Weekly), Nick Farr-Jones (former Wallaby Great), John
Eales (former Wallaby great), Mike Carlton and Mike Gibson from Foxtel.
It was great to note the special relationships the Australian soldiers back then
had with the pre-partition Indian army who would only recognise the Australians
via their rising sun badges on their uniform as they could not understand each
other.
