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Ion L. Idriess Ion L. Idriess i(A27183 works by) (a.k.a. Jack Idriess; Ion Llewellyn Idriess; I. L. Idriess)
Also writes as: Gouger ; Up North ; Emucrest
Born: Established: 20 Sep 1889 Waverley, Bondi area, Sydney Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 6 Jun 1979 Mona Vale, Northern Beaches area, Sydney Northeastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Ion Idriess Letters Ion L. Idriess , Exile Bay : ETT Imprint , 2023 26047183 2023 single work correspondence 'The first publication of the authors selected letters 1933-1937, gives us an insight into the working method and mind of the best-selling author, as he tries to grapple with the making of the Sidney Kidman story - The Cattle King. Man Tracks and several others. Presented and introduced by Dr David Paterson, with 86 letters contexted to their relevant books, with many previously unpublished photographs.' (Publication summary) 
1 y separately published work icon To Beersheba 1917 with the Australian Light Horse Guy Haydon , Ion L. Idriess , Tom Thompson , Strawberry Hills : ETT Imprint , 2017 12240994 2017 selected work biography
1 The Turkish Rear-Guard Ion L. Idriess , 2013 extract autobiography (The Desert Column : Leaves from the Diary of an Australian Trooper in Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine)
— Appears in: From the Trenches : The Best Anzac Writing from World War One 2013; (p. 130-135)
1 The Desert Column Ion L. Idriess , 2011 extract autobiography (The Desert Column : Leaves from the Diary of an Australian Trooper in Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine)
— Appears in: The Penguin Book of Australian War Writing 2011; (p. 120-131)
1 From the Silver City Ion L. Idriess , 2010 extract autobiography (The Silver City)
— Appears in: From This Broken Hill 2010; (p. 35)
1 y separately published work icon Gouger of 'The Bulletin' : Paragraphs by Ion L. Idriess Gouger , Jim Bradley , Uralla : Idriess Enterprises , 2008 Z1575288 2008 selected work prose A collection of Idriess's contributions as Gouger to The Bulletin 1911-1932.
1 They Rattled Their Spears Like Madmen Ion L. Idriess , 1995 extract children's fiction children's (Nemarluk, King of the Wilds)
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 June 1995; (p. 8A)
1 Ion Idriess (1890-1979) : Sydney, 25th November 1974 Ion L. Idriess , 1991 single work interview
— Appears in: Self Portraits 1991; (p. 73-81)
1 Black Sands Ion L. Idriess , 1989 single work short story
— Appears in: North of Capricorn : An Anthology of Prose 1989; (p. 48-52)
1 y separately published work icon Ion Idriess's Greatest Stories : Heroes of the Outback Ion L. Idriess , North Ryde : Angus and Robertson , 1986 Z1098028 1986 selected work short story
1 y separately published work icon Ion Idriess's Greatest Stories : Of Miners and Soldiers Ion L. Idriess , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1986 Z1050247 1986 selected work prose novel
1 A Dinner and a Letter from Ion Idriess Ion L. Idriess , 1973 single work correspondence
— Appears in: Australian Author , vol. 5 no. 1 1973; (p. 5-7)
1 1 y separately published work icon My Mate Dick Ion L. Idriess , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1962 Z1097976 1962 single work autobiography
1 1 y separately published work icon Tracks of Destiny Ion L. Idriess , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1961 Z843739 1961 single work prose travel 'Back in print after 60 years. Ion Idriess was one of those who set out from Derby with the ending of the Wet. This is the story of his wanderings in 1932-3 and what he heard and saw along the way, at a time when wireless and air and motor transport were rapidly changing life in the North and North-west, but when the age of the pioneers, of heroic journeys, terrifying loneliness, and violent death, had not yet passed away'  (Publication summary 2021)
 
1 2 y separately published work icon The Wild North Ion L. Idriess , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1960 Z1101857 1960 selected work short story
1 2 y separately published work icon The Tin Scratchers Tin Scratchers : The Story of Tin Mining in the Far North Ion L. Idriess , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1959 Z105337 1959 single work autobiography
1 4 y separately published work icon Back o'Cairns Back of Cairns Ion L. Idriess , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1958 Z1094833 1958 single work autobiography 'In this book, Ion Idriess reflects on his life prospecting in far North Queensland from 1912 to 1914, and coincided with his earliest writing as "Gouger" for the Bulletin.

'In Back of Cairns, Jack gives the reader a picture of what life was like when the peninsula jungle was falling under the settler's axe, his own day-to-day experiences, and the district's historical background. The book is peopled by characters given to polite chiacking and the writing of poetry, and the reading of 'pomes' by the evening campfire... Perhaps the most interesting is the 'Jungle Man' who could scent animals and Aborigines in the scrub before they scented him. He also possessed incredible hearing... who took Jack into the rugged mountains and the dense jungle and showed him a primitive world few men have ever seen. Jack was treading in the paths of his heroes - the explorers.'  (Publication summary2021)
 
1 2 y separately published work icon Coral Sea Calling Ion L. Idriess , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1957 Z1094810 1957 single work prose
1 2 y separately published work icon The Silver City Ion L. Idriess , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1956 Z1097979 1956 single work autobiography
1 2 y separately published work icon The Vanished People Ion L. Idriess , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1955 Z1094943 1955 selected work prose 'Ion Idriess documents the mysteries and customs of the Aboriginal people from Oenopelli in the Kimberley through North Queensland and on to the Torres Strait Islands. First published in 1955, now in Imprint Classics.' 

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