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David Foster (novelist)

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David Manning Foster (born 15 May 1944) is an Australian novelist and scientist. [1]

39 relations: Armidale High School, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia Council for the Arts, Australian National University, Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Barbara Ramsden Award, Bioinorganic chemistry, Blue Mountains (New South Wales), Bundanoon, New South Wales, Canberra, Colonialism, Doctor of Philosophy, Economic materialism, Fort Street High School, Katoomba, New South Wales, Marrickville, New South Wales, Miles Franklin Award, New South Wales, Novelist, One Thousand and One Nights, Orange High School (New South Wales), Orange, New South Wales, Patrick White Award, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Poliomyelitis, Postdoctoral researcher, Science, The Age Book of the Year, The Glade Within the Grove, The Pure Land, The Venetian Twins, University Medal, University of Pennsylvania, University of Sydney, University of Sydney School of Chemistry, Western culture, Zoë Foster Blake.

Armidale High School

Armidale High School is a co-educational, public secondary school, located in Armidale, a university and cathedral city in northern New South Wales, Australia.

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Armidale, New South Wales

Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia.

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Australia Council for the Arts

The Australia Council for the Arts, informally known as the Australia Council, is the official arts council or arts funding body of the Government of Australia.

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Australian National University

The Australian National University (ANU) is a national research university located in Canberra, the capital of Australia.

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Bachelor of Arts

A Bachelor of Arts (BA or AB, from the Latin baccalaureus artium or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, sciences, or both.

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Bachelor of Science

A Bachelor of Science (Latin Baccalaureus Scientiae, B.S., BS, B.Sc., BSc, or B.Sc; or, less commonly, S.B., SB, or Sc.B., from the equivalent Latin Scientiae Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for completed courses that generally last three to five years, or a person holding such a degree.

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Barbara Ramsden Award

The Barbara Ramdsden Award is administered by Fellowship of Australian Writers and is awarded annually to an author and editor in recognition of the efforts of both parties to produce a quality fiction or non-fiction book.

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Bioinorganic chemistry

Bioinorganic chemistry is a field that examines the role of metals in biology.

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Blue Mountains (New South Wales)

The Blue Mountains are a mountainous region and a mountain range located in New South Wales, Australia.

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Bundanoon, New South Wales

Bundanoon is a town in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, Australia, in Wingecarribee Shire.

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Canberra

Canberra is the capital city of Australia.

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Colonialism

Colonialism is the policy of a polity seeking to extend or retain its authority over other people or territories, generally with the aim of developing or exploiting them to the benefit of the colonizing country and of helping the colonies modernize in terms defined by the colonizers, especially in economics, religion and health.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or Ph.D.; Latin Philosophiae doctor) is the highest academic degree awarded by universities in most countries.

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Economic materialism

Materialism is a personal attitude which attaches importance to acquiring and consuming material goods.

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Fort Street High School

For the primary school of similar name see Fort Street Public School Fort Street High School is a co-educational, academically selective, public high school currently can be found at Petersham, an inner western suburb of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

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Katoomba, New South Wales

Katoomba (postcode: 2780) is the chief town of the City of Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia, and the administrative headquarters of Blue Mountains City Council.

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Marrickville, New South Wales

Marrickville is a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia.

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Miles Franklin Award

The Miles Franklin Literary Award is an annual literary prize awarded to "a novel which is of the highest literary merit and presents Australian life in any of its phases".

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New South Wales

New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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Novelist

A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction.

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One Thousand and One Nights

One Thousand and One Nights (ʾAlf layla wa-layla) is a collection of Middle Eastern folk tales compiled in Arabic during the Islamic Golden Age.

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Orange High School (New South Wales)

Orange High School is a co-educational, secondary, public, day school located in Orange, a provincial city of New South Wales, Australia, 260 kilometres west of Sydney.

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Orange, New South Wales

Orange is a city in the Central West region of New South Wales, Australia.

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Patrick White Award

The Patrick White Award is an annual literary prize established by Patrick White.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Philadelphia

Philadelphia is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863.

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Poliomyelitis

Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus.

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Postdoctoral researcher

A postdoctoral researcher or postdoc is a person professionally conducting research after the completion of their doctoral studies (typically a PhD).

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Science

R. P. Feynman, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol.1, Chaps.1,2,&3.

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The Age Book of the Year

The Age Book of the Year Awards were annual literary awards presented by Melbourne's The Age newspaper.

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The Glade Within the Grove

The Glade within the Grove is a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author David Foster.

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The Pure Land

The Pure Land is a novel written by David Foster.

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The Venetian Twins

The Venetian Twins (Italian - I due gemelli veneziani, or "The two Venetian twins") is a 1747 play by Carlo Goldoni, based on Plautus's Menaechmi.

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University Medal

A University Medal is one of several different types of awards, bestowed by universities upon outstanding students or members of staff.

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University of Pennsylvania

The University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Penn or UPenn) is a private Ivy League research university located in University City section of West Philadelphia.

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University of Sydney

The University of Sydney (informally, USyd or USYD) is an Australian public research university in Sydney, Australia.

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University of Sydney School of Chemistry

The School of Chemistry is a constituent body of the Faculty of Science at the University of Sydney, Australia.

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Western culture

Western culture, sometimes equated with Western civilization, Occidental culture, the Western world, Western society, European civilization,is a term used very broadly to refer to a heritage of social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, belief systems, political systems and specific artifacts and technologies that have some origin or association with Europe.

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Zoë Foster Blake

Zoë Foster (born 28 July 1980) is an Australian author, columnist, magazine editor, and cosmetics entrepreneur.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Foster_(novelist)

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