Bill Morrison (Australian Politician) (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. William Lawrence "Bill" Morrison AO (born 3 November 1928), Australian former politician, was a member of the Australian House of Representatives and a Cabinet minister in the Whitlam government. Morrison was born in Lithgow, New South Wales and graduated with an honours degree in economics from the University of Sydney in 1949. He was a diplomat in the Department of Foreign Affairs from 1950 to 1969, with postings to London, Moscow, Washington, D.C., Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. His posting to Moscow was terminated by the expulsion of the entire mission in 1954 as a result of the Petrov Affair. In 1958, he married Marty Hessell, an American citizen, in Bangkok.