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Issue Details: First known date: 2022... 2022 Jack of Hearts : QX11594
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'Born an only child in North Queensland, Jack Huggins had an idyllic childhood in Ayr, where his family somehow escaped the harsh Queensland government treatment of  First Nations’ peoples. His father was in the army in World War I and Jack followed in his footsteps into World War II. He was captured by the Japanese in Singapore and spent much of the war on the notorious Burma-Thailand railway.

'The narrative and personal reflections give insight into love, loss and the need to understand one man’s journey, as seen through the eyes of his children seeking to learn more. It is an affectionate portrait and a moving account of courage in wartime which helps a reader understand the sacrifices made by our soldiers.'  (Publication summary)

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Jackie Huggins and Ngaire Jarro : Jack of Hearts: QX11594 Linda Jaivin , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 30 April – 06 May 2022;

— Review of Jack of Hearts : QX11594 Jackie Huggins , Ngaire Jarro , 2022 single work biography
y separately published work icon Jackie Huggins on Writing Her Parents' Biographies Astrid Edwards (interviewer), 2022 23927026 2022 single work podcast interview

'Dr Jackie Huggins, a member of the Bidjara and Birri Gubba Juru peoples, is currently leading the work for Treaty/Treaties in Queensland. Her biography of her mother, Auntie Rita, was published in 1994, and in 2022 she will publish her biography of her father, Jack of Hearts: QX11594. A new edition of her classic work Sister Girl: Reflections on Tiddaism, Identity and Reconciliation was released in early 2022.' (Production summary)

Jackie Huggins and Ngaire Jarro : Jack of Hearts: QX11594 Linda Jaivin , 2022 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 30 April – 06 May 2022;

— Review of Jack of Hearts : QX11594 Jackie Huggins , Ngaire Jarro , 2022 single work biography
y separately published work icon Jackie Huggins on Writing Her Parents' Biographies Astrid Edwards (interviewer), 2022 23927026 2022 single work podcast interview

'Dr Jackie Huggins, a member of the Bidjara and Birri Gubba Juru peoples, is currently leading the work for Treaty/Treaties in Queensland. Her biography of her mother, Auntie Rita, was published in 1994, and in 2022 she will publish her biography of her father, Jack of Hearts: QX11594. A new edition of her classic work Sister Girl: Reflections on Tiddaism, Identity and Reconciliation was released in early 2022.' (Production summary)

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