Job, Peg

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Job, Margaret
Job, Peg (1946-)
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Editor and Writer
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As a writer and editor, Peg Job contributes to a number of Australian newspapers and magazines. She has published on subjects ranging from human rights to travel and literary criticism, and has produced short stories, poetry and one novel, The Dying.

From Latin America to Braidwood via Narrabundah and from writer and editor to marriage celebrant, in Peg Job’s life of variety her commitment to community has remained a constant. Graduating from the University of New South Wales in 1989 with a PhD in Latin American literature, Job was so struck by the kind welcome she received from her Narrabundah neighbours on her arrival in the suburb in 1990 she paid tribute to it in ‘In Praise of Narrabundah’, a short story in the 1992 collection Stories of the Inner South.[1]

Working to earn enough money during this period - as a columnist for the Canberra Times, a freelance reviewer and an adult-education coordinator - Peg Job’s true needs were to read, think and write: ‘A good book - which in my case is most commonly a novel - is a way of grappling with the meaning in life, with the essence of being human. What could be a more important responsibility for a thoughtful citizen than pursuing these questions?’.[2]

As a contributor to numerous Australian newspapers and magazines, she has published in a number of genres: literary criticism, human rights, travel writing, a novel The Dying, short stories, and has even tried her hand at poetry written in Spanish. Her love of literature and a move to Braidwood, 109 kilometres east of Canberra, was manifested in the opening of ‘Peg’s Books’ on Monkittee Street in 1997. While ‘Peg’s Books’ suffered an early demise due to the introduction of GST on books in 2000, Job’s involvement with books and writing has continued.

As Editor with the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (ASSA) Peg Job currently produces their journal Dialogue and various Academy publications. The Academy is an autonomous, non-governmental organisation devoted to the advancement of knowledge and research in the social sciences.

Peg Job’s commitment to social and community betterment is demonstrated by her endorsement of the Wellbeing Manifesto that takes as its starting point the belief that governments in Australia should be devoted to improving our individual and social wellbeing.

As an inhabitant of Braidwood, a township which has been classified by the National Trust in its entirety, Peg Job is well able to exercise her passion for creating inclusive and active communities. Activities such as belonging to the a capella group Madrigala, and acting as a qualified civil marriage celebrant enable her to embrace the communion of life and love in a rural township.

This entry was prepared by Roslyn Russell, Museum Services, and funded by the ACT Heritage Unit.

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  1. The Dying
    Job, Peg
    [1986]
    Published: Redress Press

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  1. The dying / Peg Job
    Job, Peg
    [ Book : 1986 ]
    At 28 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 39.027)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 39.027)

  2. Women's sexuality in contemporary Mexican women's narrative, 1970-1987 / Peg Job
    Job, Peg
    [ Thesis : 1989 ]
    At UNSW Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.985)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 5.985)

  3. Robyn Archer ... I'm in a position to offer fellow artists a gig!. - Interview on her career and her new position on the Australia Council-
    Job, Peg
    Muse (Canberra: 1987)
    [ Article : 1993 ]
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.839)

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  4. Feminism in the hearts and minds and words of men: Revisiting men's cultural remembrance of Australian feminism in the new millennium
    Henderson, Margaret; Job, Peg
    [ Article : 2008 ]
    View online
    At UQ Library
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.432)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 2.432)

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  1. The dying / Peg Job
    Job, Peg
    [ Book : 1986 ]
    At 28 libraries
    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 38.662)

    This resource is very relevant to your query (score: 38.662)

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    [ Sound : 1994 ]
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  4. Stay on top of it : safe practices for roof tilers / written by Margaret Regan and Peg Wymond
    Regan, Margaret
    [ Sound : 2009 ]
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    Faimon, Peg, 1962-
    [ Book : 2009 ]
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  2. The ghost's grave / Peg Kehret
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    [ Book : 2010 ]
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    Froud, Robert P
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  1. Mining and land rights in Central Australia
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  1. "Awards peg Government" MEN PREFER JOB WITH PRIVATE BUSINESS FIRMS
    The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1956) Thursday 13 January 1955 p 5 Article
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  2. LINDWALL, c. PEG., b. CUPID
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    ... LINDWALL, c. PEG., b. CUPID Brisbane, Australian fast bowler Ray Lindwall wall has become engaged to a Brisbane girl and will live here if a house and job be found for him. .... Last night he announced his engagement to Miss Peg Robinson, of Ashgrove. They met at a ... 84 words
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  3. THE COCKBURN ROAD
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