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Philip Cornford Philip Cornford i(A18630 works by)
Born: Established: 1940 Queensland, ;
Gender: Male
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1 Author and Journalist Loses Fight with Cancer Philip Cornford , 2008 single work obituary (for Sandra Harvey )
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22 January 2008; (p. 5)
1 Khouri Plays for Time as Former Friend Says Hoaxer Was in Troubled Marriage Malcolm Knox , Caroline Overington , Philip Cornford , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 31 July - 1 August 2004; (p. 3) Khouri's 'former best friend', the Chicago-based Brandy Murphy, reveals stories of Khouri's violent and troubled marriage.
1 7 y separately published work icon Katalyst Philip Cornford , London : Michael Joseph , 1991 Z213615 1991 single work novel
1 3 form y separately published work icon Police Rescue ABC Television (publisher), Peter Schreck , Philip Cornford , Christopher Lee , Steve Wright , John Lonie , Debra Oswald , Keith Thompson , Andrew Prowse , Andrea Del Bosco , Michael Brindley , Elizabeth Coleman , Mary Morris , Chris Roache , Greg Millin , Rick Maier , Glenda Hambly , Deborah Parsons , Daniel Krige , Richard Mortlock , David O'Brien , ( dir. Michael Carson et. al. )agent 1989 Sydney Australia : Southern Star Xanadu ABC Television , 1989-1996 Z1703864 1989 series - publisher film/TV

An Australian television series which deals with the New South Wales Police Rescue Squad and its work attending to various incidents from road accidents to train crashes.

1 7 y separately published work icon The Outcast Philip Cornford , Sydney : Collins , 1988 Z352468 1988 single work novel
1 form y separately published work icon The Great Bookie Robbery Philip Cornford , ( dir. Marcus Cole ) Australia : PBL Productions , 1986 Z1825091 1986 series - publisher film/TV

A fictionalised version of the theft of somewhere between $6 million and $12 million from the Victoria Club on 21 April 1976. Although technically an unsolved crime (since the only man charged, Norman Lee, was acquitted), the details were revealed in the mid-1990s by Lee's lawyer, after all the men involved had either died or disappeared.

Moran, in his Guide to Australian TV Series, describes the program as 'a tough action mini-series that had a drive, grittiness and ferocity seldom seen in an Australian series':

The Melbourne landscape of wet suburban streets, city skyscrapers, flyovers, passing trams, cobbled laneways and sleazy shopfronts has never looked better, and the impression of a mean, tough, merciless universe is more than reinforced by the driving complex narrative and the excellent playing of the principals.

The program aired on the Nine Network to positive reviews and strong audience figures.
1 form y separately published work icon Kitty and the Bagman John Burney , Philip Cornford , ( dir. Donald Crombie ) 1983 Australia : Adams Packer Film Productions Forest Home Films , 1983 Z1686472 1983 single work film/TV

A rip-roaringly hilarious look at Sydney in the 1920s through the eyes of two colourful crime queens and a tough, ruthless police officer. The rival girls are Kitty O'Rourke and Big Lil Delaney, and the officer trying to keep control is the Bagman.
1 Far Out in the North Queensland Bush Xavier Herbert Talks About His 70 Years of Life and the Last Book He Will Write Philip Cornford , 1971 single work
— Appears in: Sunday Australian , 2 May 1971; (p. 45)
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