2013, ISBN: 9781230628660

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Drug-related suicides in Australia, Su… Plus…

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 35. Chapters: Drug-related suicides in Australia, Suicides by firearm in Australia, Suicides by hanging in Australia, Suicides in New South Wales, Suicides in Queensland, Suicides in South Australia, Suicides in Tasmania, Suicides in Victoria (Australia), Suicides in Western Australia, Suicides in the Northern Territory, Tony Hancock, Paul Hester, Jim Burke, James Freud, Bob Collins, Henry Hellyer, C. Y. O'Connor, Charmaine Dragun, Freda du Faur, Jack De Garis, Richard Marsland, Peter Jackson, Frederick Hanson, Hugo Throssell, Gregory Blaxland, Nathaniel Lucas, Audrey Fagan, Barry Fisher, Garry David, Rene Rivkin, Alex Harris, Mary Hardy, Mark Priestley, Bernie Elsey, Ed Tweddell, Charmian Clift, Stevie Plunder, Jeff Fehring, H. van Raalte, J. G. Phillips, Christine Smith, Daniel Pollock, Frank McCallum, Dan Moriarty, Taya Straton, Bob Pike, Suicide in Australia. Excerpt: James Wallace Burke (12 June 1930, Mosman, New South Wales - 2 February 1979, Manly, New South Wales) was an Australian cricketer who played in 24 Tests from 1951 to 1959. Burke grew up in the Sydney north shore suburb of Mosman, where his parents had immigrated to from Bromley in Kent. His great-uncle Percy Burke had played for Kent as a wicket-keeper. His mother was a talented golfer. Burke was a talented golfer and cricketer in his childhood, but was refused membership of Balgowlah Golf Club at the age of 12 on the grounds that he was too young. He began his cricket training aged seven at Manly Oval. Burke attended Sydney Grammar School and aged 14 played in the First XI. At 15 he rose from Manly's Third XI to First XI in Sydney Grade Cricket. At 16 his batting average for Sydney Grammar was 94, a record for a school which has produced many first-class cricketers. At the start of the 1948-49 season, Burke scored 134 and took a total of 2/8 for New South... Weight:0.18 lbs, University-Press.org, 9/12/2013 0:00:00<