Lowell Tarling Lowell Tarling i(A25544 works by) (a.k.a. Lowell Rowland Tarling; L. R. Tarling)
Born: Established: 1949 London,
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England,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1959
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1 1 y separately published work icon Sharp 1942-1979 : A Biography of Martin Sharp Lowell Tarling , Bondi Junction : ETT Imprint , 2016 10454139 2016 single work biography
1 y separately published work icon 1967, This Is It Lowell Tarling , Turramurra : Generation Books , 1990 Z1928852 1990 single work novel historical fiction

You may finish school with no plans, no money, and no direction. But if all you want is to play guitar with your teeth, smash a Rickenbacker or grow your hair long - then being in a high school band could be the last thing you need... It is 1967. Tom is 18, and ready... This novel combines the cunning wit of Lowell Tarling with the atmospheric pop art of the iconic Martin Sharp. It is the best of times. It is the worst of times. It is the age of wisdom. It is the age of foolishness. It is the age of The Who and the Beatles. It is the time of Dylan. It is the season of Light. It is the season of Darkness. Nobody is who they think they are. Everyone is whoever they want to be. It is the autumn of despair, the winter of discontent, the spring of hope. And the Summer of Love. We have everything before us. Everything is original. Everything borrowed. People come only in two types: those who ARE Rock and Roll and those who ain't. 1967 - THIS IS IT! embraces the journey of Thomas Truscott - wannabee rock god and all round misfit as he careens from disaster to discovery in his last year of school, battling the establishment, prefects, the Vietnam war and most of all, himself.

Source: Publisher's blurb.
1 2 y separately published work icon The Secret Gang of Oomlau Lowell Tarling , Fitzroy : Five Mile Press , 1988 Z994911 1988 single work children's fiction children's humour
1 1 y separately published work icon Taylor's Troubles Lowell Tarling , Ringwood : Penguin , 1982 Z836481 1982 single work children's fiction children's

''You may start high school intending to be good, but if you try to be as tough as the Hood, keep notes in your socks in exams and always mess around, then you’ll only end up in trouble. In this funny, deadly-accurate account of his first year at high school, Tommy Taylor learns his lesson all too well... ' (Publisher's blurb)
1 y separately published work icon Jim : one man's walk James Ward , Lowell Tarling (editor), Epping : Ward and Blake , 1979 Z1434376 1979 selected work poetry
1 Sun Poem i "when i saw the sun sink tonight", Lowell Tarling , 1973 single work poetry
— Appears in: Hunter Valley Poets 1973 1973; (p. 29)
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