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David de Vaux David de Vaux i(A20008 works by) (a.k.a. David de Vaux; David Vaux)
Born: Established: 1947
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Germany,
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Western Europe, Europe, ;
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Cassowary Hill David de Vaux , Carindale : Interactive Publications , 2015 8920762 2015 single work novel

'After three months of wandering on the other side of the globe, I arrived home one October morning to find that my front door had been kicked in by a large bird. This was my neighbour, who was standing in shattered glass on my doorstep, looking at me in a troubled way with his head on one side.

'When Tom Pryce-Bowyer returns to his cabin in Queensland’s wet tropics to write a biography, he expects only forest animals to disturb his concentration. Then Tom is faced with another disraction: deflecting the quixotic plans of Jack, a former intelligence officer who wants to thwart the promotion of an unsavoury American general.

'As he researches for his biography, he’s also forced to confront secrets about the recent atrocities in East Timor. A more pleasant distraction for Tom is Emjay, a New York publisher with whom he strikes up a whirlwind affair after their respective marriages break off.

'To Tom’s dismay, his idyllic rainforest, and the life of his inquisitive neighbour – a colourful southern cassowary of mystical dimensions – both become endangered, and his late-blooming romance begins to fray...' (Publication summary)
1 Back to Blighty, a Letter from England David de Vaux , 2004 single work essay
— Appears in: LiNQ , October vol. 31 no. 2 2004; (p. 27-32) De Vaux departed from England in 1970. He returns after several decades to his country of origin and looks at it through the eyes of 'an Australian in England'.
1 Taylor's Hill (Chilverton, FNQ) i "Who once swung foreign steel to fell tall kings", David de Vaux , 1996 single work poetry
— Appears in: Caring for the Environment : Anthology of Poems by North Queensland Poets 1996; (p. 43)
1 The Crocodile's Anklet David de Vaux , 1996 single work novella
— Appears in: Scorpion Tails : Four Tropical Novellas 1996; (p. 51-93) (from back cover) Early in the twenty-first century, a wealthy Indian family has settled in a much Asianised North Queensland....Homi Data, a brilliant sculptor, wrestles with a horrifying new kind of viral disease.
1 y separately published work icon Scorpion Tails : Four Tropical Novellas Ruth Little , David de Vaux , Kym Bell , Colin Campbell , Sue Ryan (illustrator), Ravenshoe : El Kumanand Press , 1996 Z61955 1996 anthology novella
1 Poor Man's Alley : New Zealand 1973 : Fasten Your Seat Belts i "We bought the old place musty with mould, wallpaper curling,", David de Vaux , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Calling Through Fog : Poems and Paragraphs 1992; (p. 73)
1 Poor Man's Alley : New Zealand 1973 : Ararat Reversed i "All day the snow peppered the hill slopes.", David de Vaux , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Calling Through Fog : Poems and Paragraphs 1992; (p. 72)
1 Poor Man's Alley : New Zealand 1973 : Summer Term i "The most fostered secrets of a boatered lad", David de Vaux , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Calling Through Fog : Poems and Paragraphs 1992; (p. 71)
1 Poor Man's Alley : New Zealand 1973 : Animal Power i "U.S. BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS AT PRESENT STOCK-PILED", David de Vaux , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Calling Through Fog : Poems and Paragraphs 1992; (p. 70)
1 Poor Man's Alley : New Zealand 1973 : Swansea New South Wales, a Case of the DTs Unrevised i "Oh when you were bold and easy under the leaf-crickling", David de Vaux , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Calling Through Fog : Poems and Paragraphs 1992; (p. 69)
1 Poor Man's Alley : New Zealand 1973 : Poor Man i "An ordinary fellow", David de Vaux , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Calling Through Fog : Poems and Paragraphs 1992; (p. 68)
1 Traveller's Anxieties : London 1977 : Journey Jazz i "This is the longest sad day's journey", David de Vaux , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Calling Through Fog : Poems and Paragraphs 1992; (p. 67)
1 Traveller's Anxieties : London 1977 : Gaudeamus Igitur or Burning for Education i "They're looming out of Bloomsbury,", David de Vaux , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Calling Through Fog : Poems and Paragraphs 1992; (p. 66)
1 Traveller's Anxieties : London 1977 : the Herbert and Other Rivers i "They pick across the dry, barbed bush.", David de Vaux , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Calling Through Fog : Poems and Paragraphs 1992; (p. 64-65)
1 Traveller's Anxieties : London 1977 : Predawn Frost i "When maidens of the dreaming mists", David de Vaux , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Calling Through Fog : Poems and Paragraphs 1992; (p. 63)
1 Traveller's Anxieties : London 1977 : the Seeker i "It is a house of simple elegance, its curved white walls and", David de Vaux , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Calling Through Fog : Poems and Paragraphs 1992; (p. 62)
1 A Good Plumb Bird i "Cut me a nice ham, the lady commands", David de Vaux , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Calling Through Fog : Poems and Paragraphs 1992; (p. 61)
1 Murry Reggae (for the People of Djyrbul) i "You can't forget the past", David de Vaux , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Calling Through Fog : Poems and Paragraphs 1992; (p. 60)
1 Sonnet for Old Comrades i "You mourn for a language almost lost, recall", David de Vaux , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Calling Through Fog : Poems and Paragraphs 1992; (p. 59)
1 Forest Vandal i "Dogs I've had who've minded their own ways", David de Vaux , 1992 single work poetry
— Appears in: Calling Through Fog : Poems and Paragraphs 1992; (p. 58)
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