Gordon Barton
eBook - ePub

Gordon Barton

Australia's Maverick Entrepreneur

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eBook - ePub

Gordon Barton

Australia's Maverick Entrepreneur

About this book

Gordon Barton is one of the most extraordinary business people Australia has produced. A prominent and provocative commentator with an entirely new vision for Australia, he founded the political party that eventually became the Australian Democrats, owned two radical newspapers including Nation Review, and built a vast commercial empire with interests in transport, mining, insurance, hotels, casinos, and book publishing and retailing. Described as the Great Gatsby of his time, Barton's private life was wild and unconventional. He captivated women and generated countless headlines at the height of his success, but died a recluse in Italy having lost the European and Australian transport empires he worked so hard to create. To know Gordon Barton is to understand a unique period in Australia's social and political history. Combining deep research with rich personal insight, Sam Everingham brings to life one of Australia's most dynamic and unconventional characters.

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Table of contents

  1. COVER PAGE
  2. TITLE PAGE
  3. COPYRIGHT PAGE
  4. DEDICATION
  5. CONTENTS
  6. INTRODUCTION
  7. 1. LOSS AND UNCERTAINTY
  8. 2. FREE THINKING
  9. 3. WORKING AROUND THE LAW
  10. 4. TIME FOR LOVE
  11. 5. WORKAHOLIC
  12. 6. THE STRUGGLE TO FLY
  13. 7. PRIVATE CARTELS AND PUBLIC INJUSTICE
  14. 8. DEAR MR PRESIDENT
  15. 9. SECRET MEN’S BUSINESS
  16. 10. THE PETER PAN OF POLITICS
  17. 11. TAKING ON THE MEDIA MAGNATES
  18. 12. ANGUS & ROBERTSON
  19. 13. CORNERING THE MARKET
  20. 14. LIFE OF THE PARTY
  21. 15. RESTRAINED LUXURY
  22. 16. CASH CRISIS
  23. 17. FEISTY AND INTELLIGENT WOMEN
  24. 18. STYLE AND ELEGANCE
  25. 19. MAGNIFICENT MEN IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES
  26. 20. TAKING ON THE WORLD
  27. 21. ONE BIG HAPPY FAMILY
  28. 22. BORROWED TIME
  29. 23. COLLAPSE OF AN EMPIRE
  30. 24. THE CLARITY OF COCAINE
  31. 25. THE HURLINGHAM HORROR SHOW
  32. 26. ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
  33. EPILOGUE
  34. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  35. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS