Ion Idriess: The Last Interview
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Ion Idriess: The Last Interview

  1. 124 pages
  2. English
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Ion Idriess: The Last Interview

About this book

Ion "Jack" Idriess (1889 – 1979) is recognised as one of Australia's great storytellers, having published over 50 books including the Outback tales of Lasseter's Last Ride, Flynn of the Inland, and The Cattle King alongside major histories of Broken Hill, Broome and Cooktown. This book is his last interview in 1975, prompted by the then-young Tim Bowden, for a possible ABC Radio program that did not eventuate due to Idriess's fading voice. Within this book Idriess talks of his early years in Broken Hill, he tells of his earliest writing for the Bulletin, on living and photographing Aboriginal tribes in the Kimberlys and Cape York; on the writing of his books like Madman's Island and My Mate Dick; his life with the pearlers of Broome and Thursday Island; on the joys of prospecting, living in the Wild, and on Lasseter and his diary. Full of colourful characters and true stories, Ion Idriess allows us into his unbridled enthusiasm for Australian and Aboriginal history.

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Table of contents

  1. PREFACE
  2. CONTENTS
  3. 1 - Writing for the Bulletin
  4. 2 - Madman’s Island
  5. 3 - Prospecting Cooktown
  6. 4 - Life with the Aboriginals
  7. 5 - A Man had his Freedom
  8. 6 - On Hermits Living in the Bush
  9. 7 - Writing Books and Notebooks
  10. 8 - Drums of Mer
  11. 9 - Early days in the Central West
  12. 10 - Aboriginals of Cape York and the Kimberleys
  13. 11 - Lasseter and his Diary
  14. 12 - On Travelling with Aboriginals
  15. 13 - Forty Fathoms Deep
  16. 14 - The Wildest parts of the Bush
  17. 15 - Pearl Diving off Thursday Island
  18. 16 - The Hardest Job in the Bush
  19. 17 - Just an Australian Barbarian
  20. 18 - Men of the Jungle
  21. 19 - On Cooktown and the Pierce Brothers
  22. 20 - Life now
  23. TIMELINE
  24. INDEX