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Alistair McAlpine has conducted a lifelong love affair with Australia – he’s bought large chunks of it, developed some and turned others into a zoo and nature parks, and has travelled much of the length and breadth of the Continent.

Arriving in Australia in his early twenties as a junior member of the English family building conglomerate McAlpines, he soon became involved in building Perth’s first luxury hotel, the famous Parmelia, and other projects followed. He was a pioneer of ‘eco-tourism’ with his development of Broome, creating the world-famous Cable Beach Club and also a remarkable zoo, which rapidly became known for the success of its breeding programs for the world’s endangered species.

A restless soul, Alistair McAlpine has continually traversed the country by light aircraft and four-wheel-drive. An inveterate collector of art, artifacts and characters, Alistair McAlpine has long been concerned that Aboriginal artists should receive the recognition and rewards that are their due. He has spent many years building up superb collections of Aboriginal and twentieth-century Australian art, photographs, furniture and Australiana, many of which have now been donated to the Australian people.

His many public roles include appointments to the Council of the Royal Court Theatre, the Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Contemporary Arts Society and Arts Council of Great Britain. He is a former pearl farmer, politician, breeder of rare birds, as well as a book, antique and antiquarian dealer.

He has published numerous books, illustrated by, among others, Sir Sidney Nolan, Elizabeth Frink, and William Turnbull. He is also known for his long-running column in the “World of Interiors” and his articles on the auction world in the “Spectator”. Over the last eight years he has written several books, including “The Servant”, “Letters to a Young Politician”, “The New Machiavelli”, “Journal of a Collector”, “Collecting and Display”; volume one of his memoirs “Once a Jolly Bagman”, volume two of his memoirs “Bagman to Swagman” and his latest book, “Adventures of a Collector”.

• The Servant
• Letters to a Young Politician
• The New Machiavelli
• Journal of a Collector
• Collecting and Display
• Once a Jolly Bagman
• Bagman to Swagman
• Adventures of a Collector

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