Tony Parsons (Australian author)

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Anthony David Parsons OAM is an Australian author and kelpie breeder.

He founded the well-known Kelpie stud “Karrawarra” in 1950 and has gone on to become the breed's most passionate and hardest working advocate.[1] Before that, he was a professional sheep and wool classer.[2] Don Burke said that Tony Parsons has done more to developing the Kelpie as a working dog than anyone else.[3] Kelpie breeder Jan Lowing says that "Parsons (Karrawarra) was responsible for seeking out and preserving Kelpie bloodlines after the fiasco of two World Wars, during which many ‘studs’ disappeared".[4]

Parsons spent time in the Mudgee area 300 km north west of Sydney up to 1972,[5] and based several of his fiction books in the region. He subsequently lived at East Greenmount, Queensland near Toowoomba[6] where his Kelpie stud is located.

Bibliography[7][edit]

Novels[edit]

  • The call of the high country (1991) - Penguin, Ringwood Vic, ISBN 9780143202240
  • Return to the high country (2001) - Penguin, Ringwood Vic, ISBN 9780143202240
  • Silver in the sun (2007) - Viking, Camberwell Vic., ISBN 9780670070312
  • The bird smugglers of Mountain View (2008) ISBN 9781921514012
  • Valley of the white gold (2011) - Penguin, Camberwell Vic., ISBN 9780143202226
  • Back to the Pilliga (2013) - Allen & Unwin, Sydney, ISBN 9781743318805
  • Return to Moondilla (2015) - Arena Books, Crows Nest, NSW, ISBN 9781760111465

Non-fiction[edit]

  • The Working Kelpie (1986) - Nelson, Melbourne, ISBN 9780170067621
  • Training the working kelpie (1990) - Viking O'Neil, Ringwood, Vic., ISBN 0670902470
  • The Australian kelpie : the essential guide to the Australian working dog (1992) - Viking O'Neil, Richmond, Vic., ISBN 0670905135
  • The kelpie (2010) – Penguin Group Australia, ISBN 9780670073597

Awards[edit]

In 1992, he was awarded the prestigious Medal of the Order of Australia for his “contribution to the propagation of the Australian Kelpie sheep dog”.[8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Kelpie breeder pens another book". The Chronicle, Toowoomba. 13 August 2010. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Guest Blog: Tony Parsons". Fleur McDonald. 31 August 2010. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Burke's Backyard, Working Kelpie Road Test". YouTube. 20 February 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  4. ^ "About Us". Karmala Kelpies. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  5. ^ Parsons, Tony (2006). Valley of the White Gold. Camberwell Vic: Penguin Viking. pp. v–vi. ISBN 0-670-02987-4.
  6. ^ "Tony Parsons". Penguin Books. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Catalogue National Library of Australia". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 29 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Award extract - Australian honours - Anthony David Parsons". Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 16 April 2021.

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