A Conversation with Jim Haynes at Muswellbrook Library

The son of British migrants, Jim attended Sydney Boys’ High and Sydney Teachers’ College, taught in schools and universities in NSW and Britain, has two masters’ degrees in literature, from New England University and the University of Wales in the UK, and is the author of 34 books.

A professional entertainer since 1988, Jim has written many songs, recorded for Festival, Sony, EMI and ABC. Jim is the Australiana expert on Radio 2GB. and was awarded the Order of Australia Medal in the Australia Day Honour’s List in 2016, ‘for service to the performing arts as an entertainer, author, broadcaster and historian’.