Ion idriess biography of michael

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Latest News. Gouger of the Bulletin - parts 1 and 2 April Jim Bradly has now published part Two of his great collection of Jack's Bulletin articles. Latest Website Progress January The bibliography is now complete. Our Latest Articles. Our Valuation of Idriess Books. Identifying First Edition Idriess Books. 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 where 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.

Ion idriess biography of michael

Although he generally wrote under his name, some early articles for The Bulletin were written under the pseudonym of "Gouger". When travelling, Idriess was known as "Jack". In he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for his services to literature. Idriess died at a nursing home in Mona Vale in Sydney on 6 Juneat the age of His work slipped from favour after his death, but has experienced a renewal of interest.

InNicolas Rothwell said: "As so often in Australian letters, an initial fall into obscurity and the harsh judgments of the literary establishment serve as good indicators of a writer's pre-eminence". His last book appeared in Works like The Cattle King and Flynn of the Inland were to go through forty to fifty reprintings. In Idriess was described as 'a slight, medium-sized man, with a narrow, pale face, slightly greying hair and remarkable hazel eyes; a soft-voiced man with a typical Australian drawl'.

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.