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Flynn of the Inland. The Desert Column. Men of the Jungle. Gold-Dust and Ashes. Drums of Mer. The Yellow Joss. Man Tracks. The Cattle King. Forty Fathoms Deep. Over the Range.

Ion idriess biography channel

Must Australia Fight? Cyaniding For Gold. Lightning Ridge. Headhunters of the Coral Sea. The Great Trek. Fortunes in Minerals. Idriess was born in Waverleya suburb of Sydney, to Juliette Windeyer who had been born as Juliette Edmunds in at Binalong and Walter Owen Idriess a sheriff's officer born inwho had emigrated from Dolgellauin Wales.

At birth Ion Idriess's name was registered as "Ion Windeyer", [ 1 ] although he never seems to have used this name. From his late teens, he worked in rural New South Walesparticularly in the Narrabri and Moree districts. He travelled extensively around the state, working in a variety of itinerant jobs including employment as a rabbit poisoner, boundary rider, droverprospecting for gold as well as harvesting sandalwood.

He also worked as a shearer and dingo shooter. While working as an opal miner at Lightning Ridge in abouthe wrote short pieces for The Bulletin about life on the opal fields. He later headed north, working in several tin mines around Cairns and Cooktown including his own claim. In he moved to Cape York Peninsulawhere he lived with an Aboriginal clan, learning their customs and lifestyle.

After returning to Australia and recuperating from his wounds, he travelled to remote Cape York, and worked with pearlers and missionaries in the Torres Strait islands and Papua New Guinea where he worked as a gold miner. Other ventures included buffalo shooting in the Northern Territoryand journeys to Central and Western Australia. In Idriess settled in Sydney ion idriess biography channel he wrote as a freelance writer.

His writing style drew on his experiences as a soldier, prospector, and bushman. He wrote on a multitude of topics, including travel, recollection, biography, history, anthropology and his own ideas on possible future events. His books were generally non-fiction, but written in a narrative, story style. Idriess wrote from real life experiences using knowledge he had personally gained by travelling extensively and working at a variety of occupations.

Although he generally wrote under his name, some early articles for The Bulletin were written under the pseudonym of "Gouger". Why not try out our new Idriess Books For Sale page? April Jim Bradly has now published part Two of his great collection of Jack's Bulletin articles. If you want to buy this new book just get in touch with me through the " Contact Us " form.

Jim Bradly author of 'Gouger of the Bulletin' has magically conjured up 2 sets of Idriess first editions - mostly in original Dust Wrappers. One set is slightly better than the other and he is open to discussion around price etc. He was also a highly motivated writer. It was said that he could write a book in two months, and he twice published three books in one year and About he married Eta Morris.

He was appointed O. Survived by his two daughters, Idriess died on 6 June at Mona Vale, and was cremated. Idriess's contribution to Australian publishing and literature was profound. His combination of the bush yarn and historical or geographical subjects brought a new vision of Australia to its city-bound readers. Together with a belief in the heroic went a belief in the social and economic development of Australia, a vision which matched the aspirations of governments of the s and '50s.

Idriess was no stylist, but his writing was immediate, colourful, well paced and, despite the speed at which it was written, always well structured.