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y separately published work icon The Sundowners Jon Cleary , London : Werner Laurie , 1952 Z128334 1952 single work novel Chronicles a year in the life of a nomadic Australian family as they work their way across the continent earning money to buy a farm. Focuses on the father's refusal to accept adult responsibilities and the son's longing for a true father-son relationship. London : Transworld , 1954
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y separately published work icon The Feared and the Fearless Guthrie Wilson , New York (City) : G. P. Putnam's Sons , 1953 Z1483750 1953 single work novel London : Transworld Australia , 1956
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y separately published work icon The Veterans Eric Lambert , London Sydney : Shakespeare Head Press , 1954 Z471016 1954 single work novel

'They are the veterans of the North African desert campaign, home for three weeks' leave after three long years at war – time to find the brothels, the black markets, the racketeers and the dollar-happy Yank servicemen.

'When a faceless madman in the War Office throws them into the shell-torn beaches, mountain trails and steaming jungles of New Guinea, they become creatures of the mud; walking skeletons racked with malaria. There are thousands of them.

'In the throes of battle, black clouds billow about the destroyers in the distance, piercing the darkness with savage explosions. In a merciless system of mutual slaughter, they must draw on every last ounce of their strength for a chance of survival against the raging fires of war, the endless jungle and the brutal enemy that lies within it.'

Source: Publisher's blurb (Head of Zeus ed.)

 London : Transworld Australia , 1956
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y separately published work icon Quiet, Brat! H. H. Wilson , Sydney : Dymocks , 1958 Z360759 1958 single work novel London : Transworld , 1960
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y separately published work icon Doctor on Horseback Alex Stuart , London : Mills and Boon , 1962 Z1435107 1962 single work novel romance The Queensland township of Wollaton Springs was not overjoyed with their new doctor, Margaret Ferguson was too young and too pretty to be a real reliable doctor. To Kevin Standish, the young English jackaroo and her first patient, Margaret was the girl he had always wanted to meet. But to Phil Barton, Kevin's boss, Margaret was a ghost from the past. (Libraries Australia) London : Transworld , 1962
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y separately published work icon The Way the Ball Bounces Jack Lindsay , London : Frederick Muller , 1962 Z1204195 1962 single work novel London : Transworld , 1964
y separately published work icon Jimmy Brockett : Portrait of a Notable Australian The Entrepreneur Dal Stivens , London : Britannicus Liber , 1951 Z363789 1951 single work novel Brockett was a great gusty figure, promoter, entrepreneur, a man whose Midas fingers grasped the money bags of sport, entertainment, finance, and moulded shapes in politics and journalism to his own purpose in a ruthless journey to power and fame. He typifies the modern buccaneers who plundered Sydney, N.S.W., in the early 1900's, and yet who, strangely enough, helped in the building of their country's greatness. (Publisher's blurb). London : Transworld Australia , 1961
y separately published work icon Brave Company Guthrie Wilson , New York (City) : G. P. Putnam's Sons , 1950 Z1483733 1950 single work novel war literature A novel telling the story of a New Zealand infantry section in and out of action north of Forli (Adriatic front) in the winter of 1944-45. London : Transworld , 1970
y separately published work icon Against the Wind Richard Butler , Melbourne : Transworld Australia , 1978 Z809271 1978 single work novel historical fiction

'A triumphant saga that sweeps from embattled Ireland to the struggling new world of Australia! (Based on the TV Series!)

'Mary Mulvane—an Irish beauty, as proud and passionate as the rebellious land of her birth. When Ireland rose up against British tyranny, Mary Mulvane was swept up in the bold fight. Cruelly wrenched from home and family, she was seized and sentenced to the harsh penal colony in Australia. A beautiful young girl, an outcast haunted by a tragic past and an uncertain future, Mary would need a woman's strength to endure bitter hardship, and courage to face humiliation and heartbreak. In a raw world of savage lust and violence, she would struggle to survive, to pursue her search for lasting love, her dream of a new life established in freedom and dignity, safe for the unborn generations yet to come.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

 Melbourne : Transworld Australia , 1978
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