Peter Holland
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Peter Holland is a senior lecturer in the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts , Edith Cowan University was established in 1980 to provide performing arts tuition comparable to the highest calibre of national and international training benchmarks to be able to meet industry needs around the globe.The school is located in the...

 in Perth, Western Australia
Perth, Western Australia
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia and the fourth most populous city in Australia. The Perth metropolitan area has an estimated population of almost 1,700,000....

 He previously had a long and distinguished career as a broadcaster, interviewer and newsreader. He worked for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...

 in radio and television news from 1966 to 1998 when he moved to Channel Nine
Nine Network
The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...

 to read the television news.

In the 1984 federal election he unsuccessfully ran for the seat of Forrest
Division of Forrest
The Division of Forrest is an Australian Electoral Division in Western Australia. The division was created in 1922 and is named for Sir John Forrest, the first Premier of Western Australia and a federal Cabinet minister. It is located in the south-western corner of the state, including the towns of...

 for the Australian Labor Party
Australian Labor Party
The Australian Labor Party is an Australian political party. It has been the governing party of the Commonwealth of Australia since the 2007 federal election. Julia Gillard is the party's federal parliamentary leader and Prime Minister of Australia...

.

In 1995, he won the Western Australian Citizen Of The Year (community services) award. He won the Premier's Book Award
Western Australian Premier's Book Awards
The Western Australian Premier's Book Awards is an award for books, scripts, digital narrative and a People's Choice. Awards are provided by the Government of Western Australia, and the awards process is managed by the State Library of Western Australia...

in 1994 for an anthology of Western Australian writing.

In 2004, Peter left his role with local television station STW-9
STW-9
STW is an Australian television station owned by the WIN Corporation that is based in Perth, Australia.Based in Dianella, Western Australia, STW broadcasts with a transmitter mast located in Walliston...

 and took up a full time teaching post with Edith Cowan University
Edith Cowan University
Edith Cowan University is located in Perth, Western Australia. It was named after the first woman to be elected to an Australian Parliament, Edith Cowan, and is the only Australian university named after a woman....

, having been a part-time member of staff since 2001. Since 2005, he has been coordinator of the Graduate Diploma of Broadcasting course at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
The Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts , Edith Cowan University was established in 1980 to provide performing arts tuition comparable to the highest calibre of national and international training benchmarks to be able to meet industry needs around the globe.The school is located in the...

 (WAAPA) at the Edith Cowan University
Edith Cowan University
Edith Cowan University is located in Perth, Western Australia. It was named after the first woman to be elected to an Australian Parliament, Edith Cowan, and is the only Australian university named after a woman....

 campus.

Holland currently resides in the Perth Hills where he has lived since 1972.

Works

  • As Interviewer - in - Talking theatre. (1993) Perth, W.A : PICA Press, ISBN 1875386211. "This small volume consists of interviews first broadcast on the ABC Radio programme `Peter Holland's Sunday' April to August 1993 on 720 6WF" included: Bill Dunstone, Andrew Ross, Alan Becher, Angela Chaplin, Barry Moreland, Edgar Metcalfe, David Britton, David Hough, David Williams (journalist)
    David Williams (journalist)
    David Williams was a journalist with The West Australian in Perth, Western Australia. He also worked on the now defunct The Western Mail newspaper....

    , Geoff Kelso and Ray Omodei.
  • As editor -(1993) Summer shorts : stories-poems-articles-images, South Fremantle, W.A : Fremantle Arts Centre Press
    Fremantle Arts Centre Press
    Fremantle Press is an independent publisher in Western Australia. Fremantle Press was established by the Fremantle Arts Centre in 1976...

    . ISBN 1863680659
  • As editor - with Barbara Holland (1994) Summer shorts : stories-poems-articles-images. 2 , South Fremantle, W.A : Fremantle Arts Centre Press. ISBN 1863681000
  • With - Liz Byrski
    Liz Byrski
    Elizabeth Ann Byrski is an Australian writer and journalist.-Biography:After graduating from Notre Dame Convent in Lingfield, Surrey, in 1960, Byrski furthered her education at the Crawley College of Further Education and the Wall Hall College of Education . Her first job was as a secretary at a...

    . (1996) The grapevine : quick and tasty cookbook . South Fremantle, W.A. : Fremantle Arts Centre Press. ISBN 1863681744
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