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Ivan Smith Ivan Smith i(A4433 works by)
Born: Established: 1931 Perth, Western Australia, ;
Gender: Male
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1 form y separately published work icon The Knockers Ivan Smith , s.l. : s.n. , (Manuscript version)x401952 Z1451243 single work radio play
1 form y separately published work icon Moreover and Furthermore : A Satire on Academics Ivan Smith , s.l. : s.n. , (Manuscript version)x401951 Z1451240 single work radio play satire
1 y separately published work icon The Wombat and the Dingo Ivan Smith , South Melbourne : Sun Books , 1984 Z1451200 1984 selected work short story
1 y separately published work icon A Sliver of Time Ivan Smith , Sydney : Harper and Row , 1981 Z1451166 1981 single work short story
1 y separately published work icon The Die-Hard Ivan Smith , Jocelyn Smith , Albert Tucker (illustrator), Artarmon : Harper and Row , 1979 Z1451236 1979 single work biography
1 y separately published work icon Dingo King Ivan Smith , South Melbourne : Wren , 1977 Z1451170 1977 single work short story
1 form y separately published work icon The Die Hard : The Legend of Lassiter's Reef Ivan Smith , Jocelyn Smith , Australia : ABC Radio , 1973 Z1651725 1973 single work radio play A radio adaptation of Ivan and Jocelyn Smith's film documentary of the same name, The Die Hard examines the failed 1930 expedition by Harry Lasseter to find the reef of gold he supposedly discovered in the Warburton Ranges (WA) in 1897.
1 y separately published work icon Australian Animal Trilogy Ivan Smith , 1972- 1972-1981 Z1451414 1972-1981 series - author short story
1 1 y separately published work icon The Death of a Wombat Ivan Smith , Melbourne : Wren , 1972 Z1451173 1972 single work short story

Tells the simple story of a wombat's attempt to escape an approaching bushfire.
1 form y separately published work icon The Die Hard : The Legend of Lasseter's Lost Gold Reef Ivan Smith , Jocelyn Smith , ( dir. David Crocker ) Sydney : Venture Film Australia , 1969 Z1451262 1969 single work film/TV Traces the failed 1930 expedition by Harry Bell Lasseter to relocate the gold reef that he claimed to have found near the Warburton Ranges in Western Australia in 1897. Black-and-white photographs of the 1930 expedition and extracts from Lasseter's writings are included. Lasseter died alone during the expedition and the reef has never been found.
1 Poets, Egotists, etc Ivan Smith , 1969 single work correspondence
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 22 March vol. 90 no. 4645 1969; (p. 86)
1 Vale John Thompson Paul O'Loughlin , Ivan Smith , Nancy Keesing , Douglas Stewart , Robert D. FitzGerald , Kenneth Slessor , 1968 single work obituary (for John Thompson )
— Appears in: Poetry Magazine , no. 5 1968; (p. 4-7)
2 form y separately published work icon The Death of a Wombat Ivan Smith , George English (composer), Australia : ABC Radio National , 1959 10270393 1959 single work radio play prose

Tells the simple story of a wombat's attempt to escape an approaching bushfire. The music, written by George Selwyn English and scored for an instrumental group of ten players, combines with the poetic narration to create a vivid and moving account of a very Australian phenomenon.
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