Book Launch: The Sherrin: A bloody battle on and off the field by Peter Stanley
6:00pm-8:00pm, Tuesday 1 April 2025
The Book Cow Kingston, 47 Jardine Street, Kingston, ACT 2604
The team at The Book Cow will welcome Prof. Peter Stanley back for the launch of his latest book The Sherrin: A bloody battle on and off the field on the evening of April 1st.
Prof. Peter Stanley is one of Australia’s most distinguished military historians. Formerly the Principal Historian of the Australian War Memorial (Australia’s national military museum), where he worked from 1980 to 2007, he was Research Professor at the University of New South Wales, Canberra, from 2013 to 2023, where he is now Hon. Prof.. In 2011, his book’ Bad Characters’ was the joint winner of the Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History. Peter is the author of over 45 books, most in Australian military history. Peter is a frequent contributor to the media on military history.
Dr Roger Lee has been Head of the Australian Army History Unit and Army Historian since 1996. In his role, he is chief adviser to the Chief of Army on all matters relating to the history and heritage of the Australian Army. Before that, he spent three years on the Directing Staff of the Joint Services Staff College, with responsibility for the international relations and military strategy components of the course. He is the author of many articles on military history.