Deputy Director, The Sydney Institute, Anne Henderson

Anne Henderson is Deputy Director of The Sydney Institute, edits The Sydney Papers and co-edits The Sydney Institute Quarterly. Over a decade, she has been an occasional contributor for The Canberra Times, The Age, The Australian and The Sydney Morning Herald.

Anne Henderson was educated at Melbourne University. Between 1971-1989 she worked as a teacher for seventeen years in several Australian states.

Anne Henderson is the author of From All Corners: Six Migrant Stories (Allen & Unwin, 1993), Educating Johannah: A Year in Year 12 (Allen & Unwin, 1995), Mary MacKillop's Sisters: A Life Unveiled (HarperCollins, 1997), Getting Even: Women MPs on Life, Power and Politics (HarperCollins 1999), The Killing of Sister Irene McCormack (HarperCollins 2002) and An Angel in The Court - The Life of Major Joyce Harmer (HarperCollins 2005). Among her essays of note are "Dad's Wake" in Fathers: In Writing (Tuart Press, 1997) and the biographical chapter on Prime Minister Joe Lyons for Australian Prime Ministers edited by Michelle Grattan (New Holland 2000) and the UK's New Dictionary of National Biography (OUP). She was a contributing editor with Ross Fitzgerald of Partners (HarperCollins, 1999).

Book List

Below is a list of books written by Anne Henderson. For more information on each book, please click on the title to view its details.