Ion L. Idriess (1889–1979)
Autor(a) de Flynn of the Inland
About the Author
Image credit: Ion L. Idriess, c. 1940-1941 / by unknown photographer
Séries
Obras por Ion L. Idriess
The Tin Scratchers: The Story of Tin Mining in the Far North (A Queensland classic) (1980) 13 exemplares
The vanished people 7 exemplares
Lurking Death: True Stories of Snipers in Gallipoli, Sinai and Palestine (Guerrilla Handbooks, 5) (1999) 3 exemplares
Gems from Ion Idriess 2 exemplares
Tracks of destiny 1 exemplar
ONWARD AUSTRALIA: Developing a Continent 1 exemplar
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Idriess, Ion Llewellyn
- Data de nascimento
- 1889-09-20
- Data de falecimento
- 1979-06-06
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- Australia
- Local de nascimento
- Waverley, New South Wales, Australia
- Local de falecimento
- Mona Vale, New South Wales, Australia
- Locais de residência
- Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Ocupações
- Sniper - WW1
Membros
Críticas
Listas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 62
- Membros
- 816
- Popularidade
- #31,253
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Críticas
- 7
- ISBN
- 156
- Línguas
- 4
- Marcado como favorito
- 3
This, my second reading of this gripping story was prompted by the engrossing [b:Rachel: Brumby hunter, medicine woman, bushrangers' ally and troublemaker for good . . . the remarkable pioneering life of Rachel Kennedy|61298029|Rachel Brumby hunter, medicine woman, bushrangers' ally and troublemaker for good . . . the remarkable pioneering life of Rachel Kennedy|Jeff McGill|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1655359396l/61298029._SY75_.jpg|96656745], another historical dimension to the Warrumbungles where I live that included Mary Jane Cain. It is the story of how The Red Chief or Gambu Ganuurru became a chief of the Gamilaraay, of his journey into the Warrumbungles to steal women, his inventive and strategic brilliance, as well as a compelling insight into daily Indigenous life pre-European settlement.
Ion Idriess wrote from the perspective of the times before the Gamilaraay culturally reconstructed, so there are cringeworthy comments about Stone Age Man. Nevertheless, his adaption of the Ewing Papers is accurate enough to be both true to the original and full of page turning tension.
As described in Idriess's Introduction, the Ewing Papers refer to the source of the story as told by Old Joe Bungaree, a local Aboriginal elder. Police Sergeant J. P. (John Peter) Ewing and his youngest son Stanley wrote the notes, or a first recension, in about 1890. Some of the stories were taken down directly by the Sergeant as Joe Bungaree related them, others came from notes made by the Sergeant but afterwards transcribed by Stanley. Stanley drew on his memories, as a boy aged nine, when the chief’s grave was dug up.
The Ewing Papers have their own story. Back in 1975 I just missed seeing them when their custodian had died days before I arrived in Gunnedah. They are now available on-line but are only accessible inside a rabbit hole of intriguing research.… (mais)