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Idriess speaks of his family background ; about his school days ; about going to sea then working in the bush ; gold prospecting in Queensland ; travelling around Australia ; coming out of the bush at 42 and beginning to write ; enlisting for World War I ; Gallipoli ; writing his book "Madman's island" ; his method of writing ; reasons why he never considered himself as a writer ; making a living as a writer.
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Recorded 25 November 1974
Timed summary (9 p.) and transcript available (78 p.)
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