George Farwell
George Michell Farwell (3 October 1911 – 6 August 1976) was an English-born Australian novelist, freelance journalist, broadcaster and travel writer.
Early career
Farwell was born in Bath, Somerset, England.[1] and was educated at a number of different schools, ending with Forest School, Walthamstow, which he left at age 17. He lost both his parents at about the same time, and after struggling to make a living in Depression-era London, he left for an eighteen-month expedition to French Polynesia. This led to a life of fairly constant travel. Arriving in Sydney in 1935, he worked in or near that city at various jobs such as deckhand, dock labourer and gold miner, and contributed articles to the Sydney Mail at the same time.
Writing career
Although Farwell experienced a number of lean years in Sydney, he kept on writing about the various experiences he had on the job, as well as on his travels to various parts of the world. His first book, Down Argent Street, telling the story of Broken Hill, New South Wales, was published in 1948. He published twenty two books in all, including an autobiography and biographies of Charles Sturt and E. D. S. Ogilvie. His articles and short stories have appeared in numerous publications, including The Bulletin and Walkabout.[2]
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Books
- Farwell, George (1948). Down Argent Street: The Story of Broken Hill. F. H. Johnston Publishing Co., Sydney.
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{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Farwell, George (1950). Land of Mirage - The Story of Men, Cattle and Camels on the Birdsville Track. Cassell & Company Ltd., London.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Farwell, George (1950). Surf Music and Other Stories. Australasian Publishing Company, Sydney.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Farwell, George (1951). The Outside Track. Melbourne University Press, Melbourne.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Farwell, George (1952). Australian Setting. Evans Brothers, London.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Farwell, George (1961). Vanishing Australians. Rigby Limited, Adelaide.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Farwell, George (1962). Cape York to the Kimberleys. Rigby Limited, Adelaide.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Farwell, George (1963). Riders to an Unknown Sea. Macmillan, Melbourne.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Farwell, George (1964). Last Days in Paradise. Rigby Limited, Adelaide.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Farwell, George (1965). Ghost Towns of Australia. Rigby Limited, Adelaide.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Farwell, George (1966). Mask Of Asia: The Philippines. F.W. Cheshire, Melbourne.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Farwell, George (1967). Australian Landscapes. Thomas Nelson & Sons, Melbourne.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Farwell, George (1968). Seven Thousand Isles: Discovering the Philippines. Landsdowne Press, Melbourne.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Farwell, George (1970). Around Australia on Highway One. Thomas Nelson & Sons, Melbourne.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Farwell, George (1970). The House That Jack Built, a Play. Heinemann Educational, Melbourne.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Farwell, George (1970). Ned Kelly. F.W. Cheshire, Melbourne.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Farwell, George (1970). Sun Country. Thomas Nelson & Sons, Melbourne.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Farwell, George (1971). Requiem for Woolloomooloo. Hodder & Stoughton, Sydney.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Farwell, George (1973). Squatter's Castle: the Story of a Pastoral Dynasty. Landsdowne Press, Melbourne.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Farwell, George (1976). Rejoice in Freedom. Thomas Nelson & Sons, Melbourne.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|authormask=ignored (|author-mask=suggested) (help) - Farwell, George (1977). Farwell Country. Thomas Nelson & Sons, Melbourne.
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Articles
- George Farwell, "First novel set in Australia", The Sydney Morning Herald, 30 July 1966 - review of: Adventures on a Journey to New Holland and The Lonely Deathbed, by Therese Huber. Translated from the German original Abentheuer auf einer Reise nach Neu-Holland (1793) by Rodney Livingstone. Edited, with preface and notes, by Leslie Bodi. Melbourne: Lansdowne Press, 1966.
Critical studies and reviews
- Masselos, James (December 1967). "[Review of Mask of Asia]". Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society. 53 (4): 368–371.
Last days
George Farwell died at his home in Kingswood, a suburb of Adelaide, in 1976. He was survived by his second wife and two children from his first marriage. His ashes were scattered on the Birdsville Track.
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