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(a.k.a. Beilby, Richard Courtney)
Born: 18 Jul 1918 Melaka, Malaysia
Died: 1989
Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1928
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Richard Beilby, the son of Malaysian plantation owners, lived most of his life in Western Australia. During the Second Warld War he served in the AIF in North Africa, Greece, Crete and New Guinea. Prior to becoming a full-time novelist in 1970, Beilby worked in a number of occupations including truck driver, painter, insurance salesman and part-time union organiser. Beilby's novels have explored such issues as the experiences of war, and the tensions between aboriginal and white cultures in an ....

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