148:(born in 1944) is an Australian academic, historian, novelist, secularist, and political commentator. Fitzgerald is an Emeritus Professor in History and Politics at Griffith University. He has authored or co-authored forty-five books, including three histories of Queensland, two biographies, works about Labor Party politics of the 1950s, with other books relating to philosophy, alcohol and Australian Rules football, as well as ten works of fiction, including nine political/sexual satires about his corpulent anti-hero Professor Dr Grafton Everest.
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290:(NCAT) from 2012 to 2016, a member of the Australian Government's Expert Advisory Group on Drugs and Alcohol between 2000 and 2013, a member of the New South Wales Heritage Council between 2003 and 2009, a member of the New South Wales Parole Board between 2002 and 2012, a member of
221:. His academic career has included appointments at Griffith University as a Lecturer between 1977 and 1986, a Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor between 1987 and 1996, and a Personal Chair between 1996 and 2002. In 2002 Fitzgerald was appointed as Professor in History and Politics.
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308:(AM) for significant service to education in the field of politics and history as an academic, and to community and public health organisations. His 2015 book,
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Going out backwards was shortlisted for the 2017 Russell Prize for Humour
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In 2018 Ross
Fitzgerald published the Grafton Everest sexual/political satire
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Dawson, Jonathan; Laughren, Pat; Fitzgerald, Ross (Producers) (April 1996).
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Growing old (dis)gracefully: 35 Australians reflect on life over 50
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Fitzgerald has published 46 books, including the following titles:
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The Pope's battalions: Santamaria, Catholicism and the Labor split
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At the 2016 federal election
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Fitzgerald, Ross; Carr, Adam James; Dealy, William J. (2003).
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Laughren, Pat; Fitzgerald, Ross (Producers) (August 1995).
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The Lowest Depths: The Eighth in The
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Fitzgerald, Ross; Megarrity, Lyndon; Symons, David (2009).
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Under the influence: a history of alcohol in Australia
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Fitzgerald, Ross; Allen, Davida; Swan, Robbie (1994).
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Busy in the fog: further adventures of Grafton Everest
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Fitzgerald wrote regular columns and book reviews for
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Pandemonium: The Ninth in The Grafton Everest series
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Administrative Decisions Tribunal of New South Wales
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903:So Far, So Good : An Entertainment
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1067:"My Spiritual Diary: Ross Fitzgerald"
510:"Red Ted": the life of E. G. Theodore
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274:. On 22 July 2023,
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