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Steelman And Smith
Steelman and Smith are two fictional characters appearing in a series of short stories by Australian writer Henry Lawson. Background In 1893, Henry Lawson travelled to New Zealand, where he initially spent three months unemployed in Wellington, sleeping in a sewerage pipe. He then became a telegraph linesman on New Zealand's South Island, working in a team that was laying a cable between Picton and Dunedin. Lawson later described these times as among the happiest of his life. These experiences have been credited with inspiring his Steelman and Smith stories. It is reputed that the Steelman character was modelled on a "commercial traveller" that Lawson met during this period. Smith was partly a self-portrait, based, according to Lawson, on "the weaker side of myself." Description Steelman and Smith are con-artists living in New Zealand, described in one story as "professional wanderers." Steelman "survives on the sharpness of his wits", while Smith is his "dim-witted and nai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, smaller islands. With an area of , Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country. Australia is the oldest, flattest, and driest inhabited continent, with the least fertile soils. It is a Megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and climates, with Deserts of Australia, deserts in the centre, tropical Forests of Australia, rainforests in the north-east, and List of mountains in Australia, mountain ranges in the south-east. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south east Asia approximately Early human migrations#Nearby Oceania, 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lawson's Mates
''Lawson's Mates'' is an Australian television series based on Henry Lawson stories adapted by Cliff Green, first broadcast on the ABC in 1980. Green's scripts were published as ''Lawson's mates: six television plays'' by Hyland House. The script of the episode "Dave Regan and Party" received an AWGIE Award The AWGIE Awards is an annual awards ceremony conducted by the Australian Writers' Guild, for excellence in screen, television, stage and radio writing. The awards began in 1967. The awards are judged by over 50 writers, most of whom are previo ... for television adaptation. References External links * {{IMDb title, 6863108 Australian Broadcasting Corporation original programming 1980 Australian television series debuts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Over The Sliprails
''Over the Sliprails'' (1900) is a collection of short stories by Australian poet and author Henry Lawson. It was released in hardback by Angus and Robertson in 1900, and features some of the author's lesser known stories. The collection contains sixteen stories which are mostly reprinted from a variety of newspaper sources, with several published here for the first time. The story "The Hero of Redclay" was originally intended to be a novel but was shortened by the author and published here as a short story. Contents * "The Shanty-Keeper's Wife" * "A Gentleman Sharper and Steelman Sharper" * "An Incident at Stiffner's" * "The Hero of Redclay" * "The Darling River" * "A Case for the Oracle" * "A Daughter of Maoriland : A Sketch of Poor-Class Maoris" * "New Year's Night" * "Black Joe" * "They Wait on the Wharf in Black : Told by Mitchell's Mate" * "Seeing the Last of You" * "Two Boys at Grinder Bros" * "The Selector's Daughter" * "Mitchell on the `Sex' and Other `Problems'" * "The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
On The Track (short Story Collection)
''On the Track'' (1900) is a collection of short stories by Australian poet and author Henry Lawson. It was released in hardback by Angus and Robertson in 1900, and features one of the author's better known stories in "Bill, the Ventriloquial Rooster", as well as a number of lesser known works. The collection contains nineteen stories which are mostly reprinted from a variety of newspaper and magazine sources, with several published here for the first time. Contents * "The Songs They Used To Sing" * "A Vision of Sandy Blight" * "Andy Page's Rival" * "The Iron-Bark Chip" * "Middleton's Peter" * "The Mystery of Dave Regan" * "Mitchell on Matrimony" * "Mitchell on Women" * "No Place for a Woman" * "Mitchell's Jobs" * "Bill, the Ventriloquial Rooster" * "Bush Cats" * "Meeting Old Mates" * "Two Larrikins" * "Mr Smellingscheck" * "A Rough Shed" * "Payable Gold" * " An Oversight of Steelman's" * " How Steelman Told His Story" Critical reception A reviewer in ''The Freeman's Journal'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
While The Billy Boils (short Story Collection)
''While the Billy Boils '' is a collection of short stories by the Australian writer Henry Lawson, published by Angus and Robertson in 1896. It includes " The Drover's Wife", " On the Edge of a Plain", and "The Union Buries Its Dead".Austlit - ''While the Billy Boils'' by Henry Lawson The collection consists of 52 short stories from a variety of sources. Some are published here for the first time. Contents * "An Old Mate of Your Father's" * "Settling on the Land" * "Enter Mitchell" * "Stiffner and Jim (Thirdly, Bill)" * "When the Sun Went Down" * "The Man Who Forgot" * "Hungerford" * "A Camp-Fire Yarn" * "His Country - After All" * "A Day on a Selection" * "That There Dog O' Mine" * "Going Blind" * "Arvie Aspinall's Alarm Clock" * "Stragglers" * " |
The Bulletin (Australian Periodical)
''The Bulletin'' was an Australian weekly magazine first published in Sydney on 31 January 1880. The publication's focus was politics and business, with some literary content, and editions were often accompanied by cartoons and other illustrations. The views promoted by the magazine varied across different editors and owners, with the publication consequently considered either on the left or right of the political spectrum at various stages in its history. ''The Bulletin'' was highly influential in Australian culture and politics until after the First World War, and was then noted for its nationalist, pro-labour, and pro-republican writing. It was revived as a modern news magazine in the 1960s, and after merging with the Australian edition of Newsweek in 1984 was retitled ''The Bulletin with Newsweek''. It was Australia's longest running magazine publication until the final issue was published in January 2008. Early history ''The Bulletin'' was founded by J. F. Archibald and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Australian Women's Weekly
''The Australian Women's Weekly'', sometimes known as simply ''The Weekly'', is an Australian monthly women's magazine published by Mercury Capital in Sydney. For many years it was the number one magazine in Australia before being outsold by the Australian edition of '' Better Homes and Gardens'' in 2014. , ''The Weekly'' has overtaken '' Better Homes and Gardens'' again, coming out on top as Australia's most read magazine. The magazine invested in the 2020 film '' I Am Woman'' about Helen Reddy, singer, feminist icon and activist. Editor-in-chief Nicole Byers told Film Ink "Helen’s story of adversity and triumph is nothing short of inspirational. ''The Weekly'' has been telling stories of iconic Australian women for more than 80 years and we're delighted to be supporting the film production". History and profile The magazine was started in 1933 by Frank Packer and Ted Theodore as a weekly publication. The first editor was George Warnecke and the initial dummy was laid out b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd Berrell
Lloyd Berrell (13 February 1926 – 30 December 1957) was a New Zealand actor who played Reuben "Roo" Webber in the original Sydney production of ''Summer of the Seventeenth Doll''. He worked extensively in Australian radio and theatre, appearing in a large portion of the films being shot locally at that time. He also starred in the original stage production of Sumner Locke Elliott's '' Rusty Bugles'' as well as numerous productions for the Mercury Theatre. Biography Berrell was born in Wellington, New Zealand, and was an only child while his father was a doctor. His family moved to Australia when Berrell was a child, and he began acting on radio, appearing on ''The Youth Show''. In this role, he performed a variety of acts and often worked as a compère. Berrell received acclaim for playing the title role in the radio play ''Ned Kelly'' in 1942. In 1944 Berrell was questioned by police for his role in disturbances in a strike by Actors Equity. During World War II, he served i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Radio Drama
Radio drama (or audio drama, audio play, radio play, radio theatre, or audio theatre) is a dramatized, purely acoustic performance. With no visual component, radio drama depends on dialogue, music and sound effects to help the listener imagine the characters and story: "It is auditory in the physical dimension but equally powerful as a visual force in the psychological dimension." Radio drama includes plays specifically written for radio, docudrama, dramatized works of fiction, as well as plays originally written for the theatre, including musical theatre, and opera. Radio drama achieved widespread popularity within a decade of its initial development in the 1920s. By the 1940s, it was a leading international popular entertainment. With the advent of television in the 1950s radio drama began losing its audience. However, it remains popular in much of the world. Recordings of OTR ( old-time radio) survive today in the audio archives of collectors, libraries and museums, as well ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarecrow Press
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group is an independent publishing house founded in 1949. Under several imprints, the company offers scholarly books for the academic market, as well as trade books. The company also owns the book distributing company National Book Network based in Lanham, Maryland. History The current company took shape when University Press of America acquired Rowman & Littlefield in 1988 and took the Rowman & Littlefield name for the parent company. Since 2013, there has also been an affiliated company based in London called Rowman & Littlefield International. It is editorially independent and publishes only academic books in Philosophy, Politics & International Relations and Cultural Studies. The company sponsors the Rowman & Littlefield Award in Innovative Teaching, the only national teaching award in political science given in the United States. It is awarded annually by the American Political Science Association for people whose innovations have advance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Bisley
Steve Bisley (born 26 December 1951) is an Australian writer, film and television actor. He is best known for his roles in the films ''Mad Max'' and ''The Great Gatsby''. On TV, some of his better-known roles include Detective Sergeant Jack Christey on '' Water Rats'' and Jim Knight on '' Doctor Doctor''. Early life Bisley was born at Lake Munmorah, New South Wales and grew up on a small farm called Stillways. The son of schoolteachers, he moved to Sydney just after his seventeenth birthday. After a few years of working in various jobs, he enrolled in the National Institute of Dramatic Art (NIDA), graduating with a degree in acting in 1977. Other actors in his class included Mel Gibson, Judy Davis, Debra Lawrance and Sally McKenzie. Career While still training at NIDA, Bisley and his friend Mel Gibson made their film debuts in '' Summer City'' (1977). Towards the end of the course, they were approached by director George Miller and asked to audition for parts in ''Mad Max'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cliff Green
Clifford Green OAM (6 December 1934 – 4 December 2020), born in Melbourne, Australia, was an Australian screen writer, whose best-known work is the script for the film '' Picnic at Hanging Rock'' (1975). Career Green spent his early working life as a country school teacher, which was reflected in his script for the 1974 ABC TV series, ''Marion''. He was able to write in a wide variety of genres, and his screenplay for Peter Weir’s ''Picnic At Hanging Rock'' was a landmark in the renaissance of the Australian film industry in the 1970s. In 1981, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation produced ''I Can Jump Puddles'', a mini-series written by Green, based on Alan Marshall's autobiographical stories. His screenplay for the 1990 TV movie, ''Boy Soldiers'', was the first Australian drama to receive an Emmy nomination. In the 2009 Queen's Birthday Honours List, he was awarded the Order of Australia Medal for services to the Australian film and television industry as a scr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
