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Overview page. Subjects: Biological Sciences.

A more or less permanently wet area of mineral soil (as opposed to a peaty area), typically found around the edges of a lake or on an undrained river flood-plain. Colloquially, ‘marsh’ is...

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Carey, Peter (1943– )

Edited by Market House Books.

in Who's Who in the Twentieth Century

January 1999; p ublished online January 2003 .

Reference Entry. Subjects: Modern History (1700 to 1945); Contemporary History (Post 1945); Biographical Studies. 289 words.

Australian novelist who was awarded the Booker Prize in 1988 and 2001.

Peter Carey was born and raised in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria. Educated at Australia's elite Geelong and...