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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).
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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An Australian Robber Baron
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: Overland , September no. 96 1984; (p. 73)
— Review of Jimmy Brockett : Portrait of a Notable Australian 1951 single work novel -
Untitled
1984
single work
review
— Appears in: Westerly , March vol. 29 no. 1 1984; (p. 91-93)
— Review of Jimmy Brockett : Portrait of a Notable Australian 1951 single work novel -
Crafty, Comic Fable Restored to Print
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 31 December 1983; (p. 8)
— Review of Jimmy Brockett : Portrait of a Notable Australian 1951 single work novel -
Brockett : A Hero-Villain of His Time
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29 October 1983; (p. 41)
— Review of Jimmy Brockett : Portrait of a Notable Australian 1951 single work novel -
Untitled
1983
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29 October 1983; (p. 41)
— Review of Jimmy Brockett : Portrait of a Notable Australian 1951 single work novel
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Untitled
1959
single work
review
— Appears in: The Cairns Post , 31 October 1959; (p. 9)
— Review of Jimmy Brockett : Portrait of a Notable Australian 1951 single work novel -
Dal Stivens
1951
single work
review
— Appears in: The Austrovert , no. 5 1951; (p. 6)
— Review of Jimmy Brockett : Portrait of a Notable Australian 1951 single work novel -
Untitled
1951
single work
review
— Appears in: The Times Literary Supplement , 2 Novermber 1951; (p. 689)
— Review of Jimmy Brockett : Portrait of a Notable Australian 1951 single work novel -
Men and Magic
1951
single work
review
— Appears in: John O'London's Weekly , 12 October 1951; (p. 609)
— Review of Jimmy Brockett : Portrait of a Notable Australian 1951 single work novel -
Untitled
1952
single work
review
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 11 no. 3 1952; (p. 296-297)
— Review of Jimmy Brockett : Portrait of a Notable Australian 1951 single work novel
Awards
- 1948 joint third The Sydney Morning Herald Literary Competition The novel shared third prize under its manuscript title The Entrepreneur. Stivens received 300 pounds, as did the other winners, H. C. Wells and F. B. Vickers (qq.v.).
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Subjects:
- Sydney, New South Wales,
Settings:
- 1900s
- 1910s
- 1920s
- 1930s
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