About the Author

Tim Bowden is a Sydney broadcaster, journalist, radio and television documentary maker, oral historian and author.  He was born in Hobart, Tasmania, August 2, 1937, and is married, with two children. He hosted the ABC-TV listener and viewer reaction program 'Backchat' from 1986 to June 1994.He has written 17 books including the best-seller One Crowded Hour. He has made several documentaries for ABC TV, and created the ABC’s Social History Unit.