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Issue Details: First known date: 2011... 2011 My Life in Shorts
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'H.G. Nelson - Australia's foremost sports commentator, cultural critic, social observer and loud-mouthed heckler - is a legend of the tinny transistor and the small screen. But who exactly is the man behind the mike? Where did he come from? Why is he here?

'In this astonishing memoir, H.G. takes us back to his Barossa childhood to show us how a very different Australia shaped the boy who was to become the man who was to become the legend. As an apprentice jockey riding nags saved from the abattoir, as an aspiring footballer for the Penrice Quolls and Moculta Parrots, as a contender in the famous Barossa Stuhl - one of the world's greatest whistling competitions - H.G. takes the lot off and reveals his formative years in full, unflinching detail.

'Less fortunate than A.B. Facey, with fewer winners than Bart and more eating than Elizabeth Gilbert, H.G's My Life in Shorts is destined to become a classic of the I-grew-up-in-the-Barossa-Valley-and-now-I'm-famous genre.' (From the publisher's website.)

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H.G. Nelson Knee-Deep in Nostalgia Fiona Purdon , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 - 19 February 2012; (p. 20)

— Review of My Life in Shorts H. G. Nelson , 2011 single work autobiography
Untitled Simon Webster , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 29 January 2012; (p. 7)

— Review of My Life in Shorts H. G. Nelson , 2011 single work autobiography
As Memoirs Go, It's a Whopper Ross Fitzgerald , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 January 2012; (p. 39)

— Review of My Life in Shorts H. G. Nelson , 2011 single work autobiography
Twenty Questions : H. G. Nelson : Broadcaster, Writer, Fitness Fanatic H. G. Nelson , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29-30 October 2011; (p. 20)
Shorts and Sweet Karen Hardy , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 October 2011; (p. 6-7)
Memoir Dianne Dempsey , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 24 September 2011; (p. 33)

— Review of My Life in Shorts H. G. Nelson , 2011 single work autobiography
As Memoirs Go, It's a Whopper Ross Fitzgerald , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-15 January 2012; (p. 39)

— Review of My Life in Shorts H. G. Nelson , 2011 single work autobiography
Untitled Simon Webster , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 29 January 2012; (p. 7)

— Review of My Life in Shorts H. G. Nelson , 2011 single work autobiography
H.G. Nelson Knee-Deep in Nostalgia Fiona Purdon , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 18 - 19 February 2012; (p. 20)

— Review of My Life in Shorts H. G. Nelson , 2011 single work autobiography
Shorts and Sweet Karen Hardy , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 1 October 2011; (p. 6-7)
Twenty Questions : H. G. Nelson : Broadcaster, Writer, Fitness Fanatic H. G. Nelson , 2011 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 29-30 October 2011; (p. 20)
Last amended 5 Sep 2011 17:00:32
Subjects:
  • Barossa Valley, Lower North South Australia, South Australia,
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