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Celebrating all Elizabeths!
Do you know a Betty, a Liz, a Lisa or a Bella?
Elizabeth and its many variations have been among the most popular women’s names of all time.
MY NAME IS ELIZABETH celebrates over 200 famous, infamous and unheralded Elizabeths in the world of beauty and fashion; love and passion; art, music and adventure; food and wine; politics and power; sport and movies.
A unique illustrated gift book containing a ‘Liz Quiz’ and name numerology, MY NAME IS ELIZABETH celebrates the multi faceted name of millions of girls and women throughout the world, as well as its most recognisable face in this year of the Diamond Jubilee.
MY NAME IS ELIZABETH is the perfect gift for friends, family and loved ones who have an Elizabeth, Betty, Ellie or Lizzy in their lives.
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About
Ross Steele AM, Officier de la Légion d’Honneur, is a world-renowned expert on France, honoured in both France and Australia for his work promoting French language and culture, and for his service to tertiary education and his support of the arts.
Among his numerous awards, he was made a Member of the Order of Australia “for service to tertiary education, particularly the promotion of French Language and culture in Australia, and to the community through support for a range of arts organisations.”
He is Honorary Associate Professor in the School of Languages and Cultures, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at the University of Sydney. He has given invited lectures and papers at numerous Universities and Conferences in Australia, France (Visiting Professor at the Université de Paris III), Canada and USA (Harvard, Yale, UCLA, Indiana, Ohio State, SUNY, Vermont). He has written more than thirty books on France, French language and culture, and has travelled extensively in France.
POSITIONS ON ARTS AND CULTURAL COMMITTEES
President of the Fédération des Alliances Françaises en Australie 1977-1983
Member of the Council of the Friends of the Sydney International Piano Competition since 1977
Member of the Friends of the Laperouse Museum Committee 1992-1993
Member of he Council of the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales 1994-2006
French Language and Cultural Advisor to the Sydney Festival 1998-2004
Trustee of Currency House (Publisher of Australian Theatre) 2000-2004
Honorary Treasurer of the Sydney University Arts Association 2000-2010; Since 2010 of the Arts and Social Sciences Alumni and Friends Association
Member of the Saint Vincent’s Private Hospital and Clinic Committee 2001-2010
President of the Woollahra Library Friends since 2001
Member of the Sydney Committee of Opera Australia since 2002
President of the Société d’Entraide des Membres de la Légion d’Honneur (SEMLH) Section Australie since 2006. Vice-President 2003-2006.
President of the NSW Bureau of the Association Nationale des Membres de l’Ordre National du Mérite (ANMONM ) since 2004
Member of the Board of Studies of NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Art) since 2004
Trustee of the Peggy Glanville-Hicks Composers’ Trust since 2005
Awards
AUSTRALIAN
2001 Centenary of Federation Medal for service to culture and the arts
2006 Member of the Order of Australia (AM)
“for service to tertiary education, particularly the promotion of French language and culture in Australia, and to the community through support for a range of arts organisations”.
2007 Woollahra Citizen of the Year Award given by Woollahra Council as part of the Australia Day 2007 celebrations.
2007 Distinguished Service Award by the Art Gallery Society of New South Wales
2008 University of Sydney Alumni Award in the category of Community Achievement
FRENCH
1985 Officier de l’ Ordre National du Mérite
1992 Officier des Palmes Académiques
1996 Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur
2009 Officier de la Légion d’Honneur
Consultancies
A LA CARTE is a customised service offered by Ross Steele to Companies, Professional Associations, Clubs and groups of friends who enjoy “all (or some!) things French” as well as to individuals and groups who are travelling to France.
Ross Steele AM, Officier de la Légion d’Honneur, is a world renowned expert on France. His knowledge and expertise on all aspects of French life and culture have delighted readers of his latest books “The French Way”, launched at the State Library of New South Wales, and “Rucking France 2007″.
His popular talks on France and French lifestyle at the State Library, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Union Club, the Alliance Française, Woollahra Library Friends, on Radio Q on Qantas flights and for Podium: The Event Producer have attracted large appreciative audiences.
Ross Steele’s A LA CARTE customised service adapts his knowledge and expertise to your specific needs:
- An informative, entertaining talk at the lunch or dinner of your Association
- Individual advice on planning your trip to France to get maximum pleasure from your holiday
- Lessons to brush up your French communicative skills
Further details on A LA CARTE customised services are available on application by phoning (02) 9360 4602 or emailing rosssteele@yahoo.com
Publications
I. BOOKS
1. Steele, Ross, Gentier, Claude and Vigliano, Christian: La France des Français, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1972
2. Steele, Ross: Françoise Giroud et Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber dans L’EXPRESS, Didier, Paris 1977
3. Steele, Ross and Strong, Tony: Nouvelles Perspectives, Nyrostos Press, Sydney, 1978
4. Steele, Ross and Deville-Bourlon, Annie: ELLE, Didier, Paris, 1980
5. Paoletti, Michel and Steele, Ross: Civilisation Française Quotidienne, Hatier, Paris, 1981
6. Paoletti, Michel and Steele, Ross: Civilisation Française Quotidienne, (100 diapositives et un livret pédagogique), Hatier, Paris, 1983
7. Chamberlain, Alan and Steele, Ross: Guide pratique de la communication, Didier, Paris, 1985
8. Steele, Ross and Frommer, Judith: Face á Face. An Interactive Course in French, D.C. Heath, Boston, 1985
9. Steele, Ross and Frommer, Judith: Face á Face. Workbook, D.C. Heath, Boston, 1985
10. Steele, Ross and Frommer, Judith: Face á Face. Laboratory Manual, D.C. Heath, Boston, 1985
11. Steele, Ross and Gaillard, Jacqueline: L’EXPRESS Ainsi va la France, National Textbook Company, Lincolnwood (Chicago), 1985
12. Leroy, Marie-José, Nahmias, Richard and Steel, Ross: Vivre au pays, Didier, Paris, 1986
13. Paoletti, Michel and Steele, Ross: Civilisation Française Quotidienne, (second edition), Hatier, Paris, 1986
14. Chamberlain, Alan and Steele, Ross: Cahier d’activités du Guide pratique de la communication, Didier, Paris, 1988
15. Chamberlain, Alan and Steele, Ross: Workbook for Guide pratique de la communication, Didier, Paris, 1988
16. Hage, Madeleine, Steele, Ross and Verdaguer, Pierre: Transition: Le plaisir des textes, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1991
17. Chamberlain, Alan and Steele, Ross: Guide pratique de la communication (second edition), Didier, Paris, 1991
18. Chamberlain, Alan and Steele, Ross: Guide pratique de la communication: Anglais, Didier, Paris, 1992
19. Steele, Ross and Maréchal-Ross, Patricia: Amicalement, National Textbook Company, Lincolnwood (Chicago), 1992
20. Steele, Ross and Pavis, José: L’EXPRESS Aujourd’hui la France, National Textbook Company, Lincolnwood (Chicago), 1992
21. Steele, Ross and Zemiro, Jane: Révisions I, Hachette, Paris, 1992
22. Steele, Ross and Zemiro, Jane: Révisions II, Hachette, Paris, 1992
23. Steele, Ross and Zemiro, Jane: Révisions III, Hachette, Paris, 1993
24. Steele, Ross: L’EXPRESS Aujourd’hui la France: Guide du Professeur, National Textbook Company, Lincolnwood (Chicago), 1993
25. Steele, Ross and Suozzo, Andrew: Teaching French Culture: Theor and Practice, National Textbook Company, Lincolnwood (Chicago), 1993
26. Steele, Ross: The French Way, National Textbook Company, Lincolnwood (Chicago), 1995
27. Steele, Ross and S & R St Onge: La Civilisation Francaise en évolution I, Heinle & Heinle, Boston, 1996
28. Steele, Ross and S & R St Onge: La Civilisation Francaise en évolution II (depuis 1958), Heinle & Heinle, Boston, 1996
29. Steele, Ross: L’EXPRESS Perspectives Françaises, National Textbook Company, Lincolnwood (Chicago), 1998
30. Steele, Ross and Gaujac Christian: L’EXPRESS Perspectives Françaises: Guide du Professeur, National Textbook Company, Lincolnswood (Chicago), 1998
31. Steele, Ross: When In France Do As The French Do, McGraw-Hill, Chicago, 2002
32. Steele, Ross: Civilisation Progressive du Francais, Cle International, Paris, 2002
33. Steele, Ross: Civilisation Progressive du Francais. Corriges, Cle International, Paris, 2002
34. Steele, Ross: Civilisation Progressive du Francais. Tests d’Evaluation, Cle International, Paris, 2004
35. Steele, Ross: The French Way, McGraw-Hill, Chicago, 2006
36. Steele, Ross: Rucking France: A Tourist Guide to the Rugby World Cup, Breakout, Sydney, 2007
37. Howes, Keith and Steele, Ross: My Name Is Elizabeth, 10 group, Sydney, 2012
II. BOOKS EDITED
1. Language Topics. Essays in honour of Michael Hailiday, Vol. I, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1987 (with T. Threadgold)
2. Language Topics. Essays in honour of Michael Hailiday, Vol II, Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1988 (with T. Threadgold)
III. MONOGRAPH
The Death and the Legend of General Charles de Gaulle, Macquarie University, Monographs for Teachers of French Vol IV, No 4, 1972
IV. ARTICLES AND PUBLISHED CONFERENCE PAPERS
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