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| Keywords: StateLibQld 1 211168 Ion Llewellyn Idriess.jpg en Ion Llewellyn Idriess Ion Idriess was born in Waverley Sydney in 1890 and was educated in several New South Wales towns before attending the Broken Hill School of Mines At the age of sixteen he began a twenty-five year period of travel around most regions of Australia including the Torres Strait in Queensland His novel The Drums of Mer dealt with his experience in the Torres Strait Idriess worked in a variety of jobs including miner rabbit-exterminator boundary-rider rouseabout opal miner crocodile hunter and drover He served at Gallipoli and in the Sinai and Palestine in World War I He was badly wounded in 1918 After the war he continued his nomadic lifestyle but in 1928 he settled in Sydney to begin a career as a freelance writer Idriess contributed to the Bulletin's 'Aboriginalities' column and other journals under such pseudonyms as 'Gouger' 'Up North' and 'Emucrest' and had some success with earlier books; in 1931 he wrote his first best-seller Lasseter's Last Ride From this time until his last book appeared in 1969 he regularly published at least one book a year providing tales of Australian adventure He also wrote several books for children about historical events in Australia Many of Idriess's books such as The Cattle King 1936 and Flynn of the Inland 1932 went through multiple printings Ion Idriess was awarded an OBE in 1968 He died in 1979 1939 handle 10462/deriv/132306 Item is held by John Oxley Library State Library of Queensland PD-Australia StateLibQld-License Writers from Australia Men's clothing 1939 in Australia People of Sydney Black and white photographs | ||||
