![]() ![]() Kristin is married to playwright David Williamson and they divide their time between Sydney and Queensland’s Sunshine Coast. Kristin also served as Chair of the Board of The Australian Theatre for Young people for many years. ![]() #THE LAST BASTION 1984 SERIES#She was a co-writer on the television film Princess Kate and on the 13 part series Dog’s Head Bay for ABC television. She also did historical research for the film Gallipoli and for the television series The Last Bastion. Later she passed the Licentiate of Trinity College in drama and taught English and drama in high schools, lectured at the Melbourne State College, acted in fringe theatre, worked as a freelance journalist, wrote two plays for children and gained a first class honours degree in Australian history.Īfter moving to Sydney in 1979, she joined the staff of the National Times where she worked for eight years as a feature writer and columnist. After graduating she took up a scholarship at the University of Florence to study in Italian for a year. ![]() She was born in Melbourne, went to school in Geelong and then trained as a teacher. Later she passed the Licentiate of Trinity College in drama and taugh Kristin Williamson has been an actor, teacher, journalist and screenwriter and is the author of eight books, including two bestselling novels. Kristin Williamson has been an actor, teacher, journalist and screenwriter and is the author of eight books, including two bestselling novels. The most important figures are Curtin, Menzies, Roosevelt, Churchill, MacArthur and Blamey.ĭrawing on both published and unpublished documents from Australian, British and US sources, some of which had only recently been released, Kristin Williamson has imaginatively recreated the events of the three most crucial years in the history of Australia.more The Last Bastion is the story of a major power struggle, with bitter conflict between Canberra, London and Washington. This appeal, broadcast by Australia’s Prime Minister John Curtin to the United States in 1942, signalled the greatest crisis in Australia’s history. If you let us fall, America itself is in danger.’ The Last Bastion is the story of a major power struggle, with bitter conflict between Canberra, Londo ‘We are the last bastion between the Japanese and the west coast of America. If you let us fall, America itself is in danger.’ This appeal, broadcast by Australia’s Prime Minister John Curtin to the United States in 1942, signalled the greatest crisis in Australia’s history. ‘We are the last bastion between the Japanese and the west coast of America. ![]()
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