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y separately published work icon Over the Top with Jim : Hugh Lunn's Tap-Dancing, Bugle-Blowing Memoir of a Well-Spent Boyhood single work   autobiography   humour  
Issue Details: First known date: 1989... 1989 Over the Top with Jim : Hugh Lunn's Tap-Dancing, Bugle-Blowing Memoir of a Well-Spent Boyhood
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— Appears in: Images and Reflections : Exploring Australian Non-Fiction 1994; (p. 169-172)
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Head Over Jim Over Top Over Heels Christina Thompson , single work review
— Review of Head Over Heels : Hugh Lunn's High-Octave, Girl-Chasing Scoop of a '60s Sequel to Over the Top with Jim Hugh Lunn , 1992 single work autobiography ; Over the Top with Jim : Hugh Lunn's Tap-Dancing, Bugle-Blowing Memoir of a Well-Spent Boyhood Hugh Lunn , 1989 single work autobiography
Great Days Hugh Lunn , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 November 2009; (p. 8)
y separately published work icon On the Road to Anywhere Hugh Lunn , Sydney : Hodder Headline , 2003 Z1053796 2003 single work autobiography travel

A copy of Over the Top with Jim was sent by a listener to Ian McNamara, presenter of the ABC radio program 'Australia All Over'. McNamara serialised the book on air, and it then became the focus of a travelling show, with Hugh Lunn appearing on stage as part of a national tour. On the Road to Anywhere tells the story of that tour.

(Source: Hodder Headline website, http://www.hha.com.au/)
An Aussie Boy's Own Hugh Lunn , 1998 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5 September 1998; (p. 7)
Over the Top Comes Alive on the Stage Jack Talty , 1996 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 August 1996; (p. 19)
Drawing the Line Reba Gostand , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , July vol. 9 no. 2 1990; (p. 59)
— Review of Spider Cup Marion Halligan , 1990 single work novel ; Over the Top with Jim : Hugh Lunn's Tap-Dancing, Bugle-Blowing Memoir of a Well-Spent Boyhood Hugh Lunn , 1989 single work autobiography ; Sisters : A Novel Ada Cambridge , 1904 single work novel ; North of the Moonlight Sonata Kerryn Goldsworthy , 1989 selected work short story ; Longhand : A Writer's Notebook Murray Bail , 1989 single work autobiography novel ; Mo Burdekin Sarah Campion , 1941 single work novel
Child's Play Reveals Fluent Social History Robin Lucas , 1990 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 17 March 1990; (p. 79)
— Review of The Innocent : Growing Up in Bondi in the 1920s and 1930s John Kingsmill , 1990 single work autobiography ; Over the Top with Jim : Hugh Lunn's Tap-Dancing, Bugle-Blowing Memoir of a Well-Spent Boyhood Hugh Lunn , 1989 single work autobiography ; Strange Country : A Study of Randolph Stow Anthony J. Hassall , 1986 single work criticism
Head Over Jim Over Top Over Heels Christina Thompson , 1993 single work review
— Appears in: Outrider : A Journal of Multicultural Literature in Australia , vol. 10 no. 1993; (p. 42-43)
— Review of Head Over Heels : Hugh Lunn's High-Octave, Girl-Chasing Scoop of a '60s Sequel to Over the Top with Jim Hugh Lunn , 1992 single work autobiography ; Over the Top with Jim : Hugh Lunn's Tap-Dancing, Bugle-Blowing Memoir of a Well-Spent Boyhood Hugh Lunn , 1989 single work autobiography
Head Over Jim Over Top Over Heels Christina Thompson , single work review
— Review of Head Over Heels : Hugh Lunn's High-Octave, Girl-Chasing Scoop of a '60s Sequel to Over the Top with Jim Hugh Lunn , 1992 single work autobiography ; Over the Top with Jim : Hugh Lunn's Tap-Dancing, Bugle-Blowing Memoir of a Well-Spent Boyhood Hugh Lunn , 1989 single work autobiography
Untitled Stephen Matchett , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January no. 117 1989-1990; (p. 26)
— Review of Over the Top with Jim : Hugh Lunn's Tap-Dancing, Bugle-Blowing Memoir of a Well-Spent Boyhood Hugh Lunn , 1989 single work autobiography
y separately published work icon On the Road to Anywhere Hugh Lunn , Sydney : Hodder Headline , 2003 Z1053796 2003 single work autobiography travel

A copy of Over the Top with Jim was sent by a listener to Ian McNamara, presenter of the ABC radio program 'Australia All Over'. McNamara serialised the book on air, and it then became the focus of a travelling show, with Hugh Lunn appearing on stage as part of a national tour. On the Road to Anywhere tells the story of that tour.

(Source: Hodder Headline website, http://www.hha.com.au/)
Over the Top Comes Alive on the Stage Jack Talty , 1996 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 13 August 1996; (p. 19)
Great Days Hugh Lunn , 2009 single work column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 21-22 November 2009; (p. 8)
Lunn's Childhood Under Spotlights Des Partridge , 1996 single work column biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 12 June 1996; (p. 3)
Coming Home Janette Turner Hospital , 1990 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 August 1990; (p. wkd 4)
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Last amended 23 Nov 2009 15:28:09
Subjects:
  • Annerley, Annerley - Yeerongpilly - Moorooka area, Brisbane - South & South West, Brisbane, Queensland,
  • 1940s
  • 1950s
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