Book reviews
Review- Brothers in Arms by Elaine Fry for the West Australian, Tuesday March 18th, 2014
“Insightful History” In “Brothers in Arms” (Cobalt Blue) Ian Minchin chronicles his family history for the past century, including the tumultuous times of WW1 and WW2, and life in the changing WA, where the book is largely set. Stories of life on the farm, moving to Nedlands, work and relationships, are narrated through the lives…
News Limited- The Geelong Advertiser, Saturday 21st December 2013
“This meticulously researched and well written book offers a fascinating insight into one family’s journey from Ireland to the goldfields, through two world wars and the eras that defined Australia. Minchin is the son of a Gallipoli and Western Front veteran and after he visited Gallipoli became intrigued to investigate his family’s part in two…
THE AUSTRALIAN SENIORS MAGAZINE – ENTERTAINMENT – BOOK REVIEWS
“The Minchin family origins go back to the Cotswolds in England then onto Tipperary in Ireland when the family inherited an Irish castle in the 1700s. But strong roots were spread in a very young Australia as they chased gold in first the Victorian goldfields then Western Australia. The family’s century-long history with Australia is…