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Alan Attwood Alan Attwood i(A2242 works by) (a.k.a. A. Attwood)
Born: Established: 1957
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Scotland,
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United Kingdom (UK),
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Western Europe, Europe,
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Gender: Male
Arrived in Australia: 1961
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'Alan Attwood emigrated to Australia with his family in 1961. He has worked as an abalone packer, a dishwasher and a mail sorter, but, since 1978, mainly as a journalist. From 1995 to 1998 he was the New York-based correspondent for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald. ... He was shortlisted for The Australian/Vogel Literary Award with [the unpublished novel] Sinking into Winter in 1990'.

Source: Alan Attwood, Burke's Soldier (2003).

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y separately published work icon Burke's Soldier Camberwell : Viking , 2003 Z1021839 2003 single work novel historical fiction

'Melbourne, 1871: John King is dying far from the deserts he traversed with the legendary Burke and Wills. Ten years on from that fateful expedition - the first to cross the Australian continent from south to north - King is finally ready to tell his story.The young Irishman had already endured the horrors of the Indian Mutiny when he signed on with the erratic Burke to explore a land he knew little about. As one of the advance group who were later abandoned by the rest of their party, King was with Wills as he penned his final letter; at Burke's side when he died. Then he was alone, the sole survivor, though barely alive when rescued by Alfred Howitt. But Howitt is a man who cannot let things be, and now he seems more inquisitor than saviour. He wants to know what King knows before it is too late . . .Effortlessly blending fact and fiction, this gripping novel brings to life the forgotten man of the most mythologised journey in Australia's history.' (Publication summary)

2004 shortlisted Commonwealth Writers Prize South East Asia and South Pacific Region Best Book
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