Norman bright biography

Books

• Blainey, Geoffrey, The Peaks of Lyell, Melbourne University Press, Carlton South, 1954, 310 pp. [ Details ]
• Blainey, Geoffrey, Johns and Waygood Limited: one hundred years, 1856-1956, Johns and Waygood, Melbourne, 1956, 72 pp. [ Details ]
• Blainey, Geoffrey, The rise and decline of the West Coast, Government Printer, Hobart, 1956. [ Details ]
• Blainey, Geoffrey, A Centenary History of the University of Melbourne, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1957. [ Details ]
• Blainey, Geoffrey, Mines in the spinifex: the story of Mount Isa Mines, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1960, 242 pp. [ Details ]
• Blainey, Geoffrey, The rush that never ended: a history of Australian mining, Melbourne University Press, Parkville, 1963, 369 pp. [ Details ]
• Blainey, Geoffrey, A history of Camberwell, Jacaranda Press in association with the Camberwell City Council, Brisbane, 1964, 104 pp. [ Details ]
• Blainey, Geoffrey, The Tyranny of Distance: How Distance Shaped Australia's History, Macmillan, Melbourne, 1966. [ Details ]
• Blainey, Geoffrey, The Rise of Broken Hill, Macmilla
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  Correspondence of Priscilla McLaren (ne Bright, 1815-1906) social reformer, and Sir Henry Norman (1858-1939) journalist, politician and public servant, 1829-1946

  The collection comprises:

  Correspondence of Priscilla McLaren (ne Bright), 1829-1885 (N Mc 1-3);

  Correspondence of Sir Henry Norman, c.1875-1885 (N Mc 4);

  Printed items including a published biography and diaries of John Bright (N Mc 5);

  Album of photographs depicting the installation of John Campbell Boot, 2nd Baron Trent as the 1st Chancellor of The University of Nottingham, 1949. Lord Trent's page on the occasion, and shown in some of the photographs was Jeremy Norman (N Mc 6).

  Priscilla McLaren's wide political, social and family contacts are evident in her correspondence which reveals her views on many of the contemporary issues of public debate, including the Corn Laws, the Home Rule Bill, and the policies of Gladstone and Palmerston. The series documents contacts between suffragist supporters, and demonstrates the significance of family connections among the social reformers of the mid to late nineteenth ce

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  Norm Bright

  Norman Bright (January 29, 1910 – August 29, 1996) was an American runner, mountaineer, and teacher. Bright once held the American record in the two-mile run.^[3]

  Biography

  Bright was the son of a school principal and a teacher. Born in Mossyrock, Washington, he was one of eleven children. Bright's mother reportedly rubbed olive oil into his legs as an infant when she was told by a doctor that her son was not "moving and working his muscles enough". Bright attended Western Washington University where he earned a teaching degree, Stanford University where he earned a bachelor's degree, and Miami University where he earned a master's degree in counseling.^[2]

  During World War II, Bright served in the United States Army.^[2] He was initially rejected due to a slow pulse, however, he went to another enlistment center after running three miles to raise his heart rate.^[4] In 1945, Bright married Franca Fiorentino whom he had met in New York City. The couple had one daughter (Juliana), and later divorced. Bright moved to