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David Ireland was born in Lakemba in south-west Sydney in New South Wales in 1927. Before taking up full-time writing in 1973, he undertook the classic writer's apprenticeship by working in a variety of jobs, ranging from greenskeeper to an extended period in the Siverwater oil refinery, on the river downstream of Parramatta .
Down Under is the British title of a 2000 travelogue book about Australia written by best-selling travel writer Bill Bryson.In the United States and Canada it was published titled In a Sunburned Country, a title taken from the famous Australian poem, "My Country".
Australian literature is the written or literary work produced in the area or by the people of the Commonwealth of Australia and its preceding colonies. During its early Western history, Australia was a collection of British colonies; as such, its recognised literary tradition begins with and is linked to the broader tradition of English literature.
The novel follows the experiences of Paddy Doolan, an Irish horse wagoner and his son Michael in the Gulf Country of north-eastern Australia. [3] It is set in the early 1920s when horse-drawn transport was challenged by the advent of motor vehicles and aircraft—change which Doolan cannot accept.
The book tells the story of Oscar Hopkins, an Anglican priest from Devon, England, and Lucinda Leplastrier, a young Australian heiress, who are both traveling to Australia by ship. It explores their adventures on the large continent. They meet on a ship to Australia, where Lucinda has bought a glass factory, having long been fascinated by the ...
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The Unknown Industrial Prisoner (1971) is a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel by Australian author David Ireland. [1] In 1978 a film version was planned, to be produced by Richard Mason and directed by Arch Nicholson, with Ken Cameron also working on it. Funding was from Film Australia.
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