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Frank O'Grady Frank O'Grady i(A33890 works by) (birth name: Francis Dominic O'Grady)
Born: Established: 24 Apr 1910 Waverley, Bondi area, Sydney Eastern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales, ; Died: Ceased: 23 Feb 1987 Lane Cove, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,
Gender: Male
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1 y separately published work icon Francis of Central Australia Frank O'Grady , Sydney : The Wentworth Press , 1977 Z1312238 1977 single work biography
1 y separately published work icon The Sun Breaks Through Frank O'Grady , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1964 Z1312229 1964 single work novel historical fiction 'One of the liveliest characters in early Australian history is Sir Henry Browne Hayes, the Irish knight who was transported for abducting a Quaker heiress and who surrounded his house with Irish earth to keep the snakes away. This is the story of his adventures, and of those of some friends of his not known to history, especially Gos Blackthorn, a young man who does not know his real name or parentage, and the Quaker girl he loves.' (Publisher's blurb).
1 y separately published work icon Wild Honey Frank O'Grady , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1961 Z1312226 1961 single work novel historical fiction 'When Fred Ward, better known in Australian history and legend as Captain Thunderbolt, swam to his freedom from Cockatoo Island in Sydney Harbour, none of the little community scattered about the goldfield of Hanging Rock, far away to the north, lost any sleep over the event....all these and others found their lives changed because their paths crossed Thunderbolt's, as with his devoted half-caste wife the outlaw ranged the lonely roads and trackless mountains of the north.' (Publisher's blurb).
1 Hamilton Hume Frank O'Grady , 1960 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 15 June vol. 81 no. 4192 1960; (p. 46-48)
1 7 y separately published work icon No Boundary Fence Frank O'Grady , Sydney : Angus and Robertson , 1960 Z160390 1960 single work novel 'Based on the life of Hamilton Hume, this novel is the story of a 'currency lad' who became a great Australian explorer and pioneer. It brings him to life as a man - brave, upright, and capable. And it tells of his love for Elizabeth Dight, and how she waited for him until he was ready to give up the challenges and hardships of exploring. No Boundary Fence transforms Hume from a name in history to a living personality.' (Publisher's blurb).
1 Hamilton Hume Frank O'Grady , 1960 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 13 April vol. 81 no. 4183 1960; (p. 48)
1 1 y separately published work icon Hanging Rock Frank O'Grady , London : Cassell , 1957 Z92384 1957 single work novel 'This novel by Frank O'Grady, who was brought up in the valley and has written two fine novels of the wild days of its pioneers, is a story of high adventure as exciting as any tale of the Yukon gold rush; it is a story based on the yarns still told in Nundle by the sons of the men who came to Hanging Rock in search of a fortune in gold.' Publisher's blurb opposite title page.
1 y separately published work icon Goonoo Goonoo Frank O'Grady , London : Cassell , 1956 Z230963 1956 single work novel historical fiction This is the story of Robin Carmody and of his family, who left England when he was three years old to settle in New South Wales...Within a few years the Carmodys settled on the Goonoo Goonoo station in the Peel River valley...a thrilling story of what life was really like in those early years of the development of New South Wales.' (Publisher's blurb on the frontispiece).
2 y separately published work icon The Golden Valley Frank O'Grady , London : Cassell , 1955 Z1312086 1955 single work novel historical fiction

This is a story of pioneers in New South Wales in the days when convicts deported from England were assigned to the venturesome few who dared the perils and the climate of the interior, and opened up the virgin lands....The story is based on an account of Oxley's discovery of the Peel River in 1818 and is told by a man who has grown up in the valley, with the formidable mountain fastnesses as his playground, and his mind enthralled from childhood with hero-worship of those who braved heart-breaking isolation, the perils of drought and flood, and the terrors of massacre, to build a new country from a wilderness.' Publisher's blurb opposite the title page.

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