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Source: Australian Variety Theatre Archive
C. J. De Garis C. J. De Garis i(A18395 works by) (a.k.a. Clement John De Garis; Jack De Garis; C. J. DeGaris)
Born: Established: 22 Nov 1884 North Melbourne, Flemington - North Melbourne area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 17 Aug 1926 Mornington, Mornington Peninsula (Port Phillip Bay), Mornington Peninsula, Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon As I See Geelong in 1935 C. J. De Garis , Hawthorn : C. J. DeGaris Publishing House , 1925 Z814222 1925 single work
1 y separately published work icon The Victories of Failure : A Business Romance of Fiction, Blended With, and Based on, Fact C. J. De Garis , Melbourne : C. J. DeGaris Publishing House , 1925 Z814142 1925 single work novel
1 Mr De Garis Makes Reply C. J. De Garis , 1920 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Smith's Weekly , 24 December 1920; (p. 3)
C. J. De Garis's reply to Alexander Jobson's article, 'Money Magic', which was published in the previous edition of Smith's Weekly (17 December 1920).
1 1 F.F.F. : An Australian Mystery Musical Comedy C. J. De Garis , R. A. A. Stoneham (composer), 1920 single work musical theatre humour

'A bright young lad, Fitzwilliam Ferguson, has been sent to Australia by his rich uncle, Joseph Morgold. In his new home he becomes not only a 'dinky-di Aussie' but also a playwright. He meets a theatre manager called Hugh D. Collins ... and falls in love with his typist, Flo Hastings. Later his uncle, after a sudden illness, sends for him to take over the reins of his London business, promising to make him his heir providing that the playwright becomes a 'dude' - he must dress, speak and act like a young English gentleman. At the same time Flo's mother in England asks her to return home. So Fitzwilliam and Flo set sail on the same ship, carrying on the love affair they started in Australia. In London a Darby and Joan romance blossoms for Flo's mum and Fitz's uncle. Fitzwilliam decides that, as a 'dinkum Aussie,' he cannot adapt himself to become a 'dude'. He announces to his uncle that the deal is off. This, it turns out, is exactly what wily uncle Joseph wanted to hear - and so he confirms Fitz as his heir. By the final cutain, Flo has bcome a star in Fitzwilliam's play and - naturally - all ends happily for the young couple.

Source: Frank Van Straten, 'The Riddle of 'FFF,' A Forgotten Australian Musical Comedy' Australasian Music Research 6(2002): 108

1 y separately published work icon Sunraysia Daily Mildura : C. J. De Garis , 1920-1923 Z1865984 1920-1923 newspaper (3 issues) In 1920 the Mildura Cultivator, the Mildura Telegraph and the Merbein Irrigationist were bought out by C. J. De Garis and combined into the Sunraysia Daily. Although the paper proved popular, by 1923 De Garis was in a dire financial situation and was subsequerntly forced to place it in the hands of a firm of Melbourne-based financiers. They kept the paper running until a consortium comprising Percy Stewart MP, Dr (later Sir) Earl Page and R. D. Elliott (later a senator) formed the Sunraysia Daily Pty Ltd the following year and took over its operations. Elliott eventually bought out his two partners and formed the Elliott Provincial Newspaper Group (EPNG). Following his death in 1950, C. D. Lanyon secured a controlling interest in the company and became managing director of the group. Under his management the company expanded its interests in regional newspapers, and eventually dropped the word 'provincial' from its name, becoming the Elliott Newspaper Group.

[Source: Sunraysia Daily]


1 y separately published work icon Sun-Raysed Children's Fairy Story Book C. J. De Garis (editor), Melbourne : F. W. Niven , 1919 Z1257802 1919 anthology children's fiction children's Contains fairy stories, rhymes, limericks and acrostics.
1 2 y separately published work icon Ambition Run Mad: or, Whom the Gods Would Destroy: a Four Act Military Drama of the Great War C. J. De Garis , Renmark : 1914 Z359087 1914 single work drama war literature
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