Frederick David McCarthy Frederick David McCarthy i(7494822 works by) (a.k.a. F. D. McCarthy)
Born: Established: 13 Aug 1905 Petersham, Marrickville - Camperdown area, Sydney Southern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 1997
Gender: Male
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1 A Coat of Paint Frederick David McCarthy , 1984 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 2 1984; (p. 72-81)

'My grandparents came variously from Glasgow, Liverpool and the Isle of Man and arrived in Australia in the 1870s. I was born at Petersham in Sydney on 13 August 1905. At school I took a less than serious interest in lessons and had to go to night school when I left, an ironic beginning to my later life in a world of books, but my home life was a happy one about which I have no regrets.' (Introduction)
1 Other Times : Bungaree Frederick David McCarthy , 1973 single work biography
— Appears in: Aboriginal News , December vol. 1 no. 4 1973; (p. 22)
1 Fire Without Matches Frederick David McCarthy , 1945 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Museum Magazine , vol. 8 no. 11 1945; (p. 368-373)

'Myths in many parts of the world illustrate the fireless period. One from Cape Grafton, Queensland relations that once there was no fire on earth, so the red-back wren flew to the sky...' This work discusses the myths behind the creation of fire.
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