Ion Idriess

The Last Interview

Tim Bowden

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Editions Tom Thompson
23 October 2020

Biography; Biography: general; Biography: historical, political & military; Biography: literary; Biography - Australian

This book is the last interview with Ion Idriess, prompted by the the ABC Radio’s Tim Bowden, for a possible ABC Radio program that did not eventuate. Within this book Idriess talks of his early years in Broken Hill, he tells of his earliest writing for the Bulletin, on living and photographing Aboriginal tribes in the Kimberleys and Cape York; on the writing of his books like Madman’s Island and Drums of Mer; his life with the pearlers of Broome and Thursday Island; on the joys of prospecting, living in the Wild, on Lasseter and his diary. Full of colourful characters and true stories, Ion Idriess allows us into his unbridled enthusiasm for Australian and Aboriginal history.

By: Tim Bowden
Imprint: Editions Tom Thompson
Country of Publication: Australia
ISBN: 9781922384980
ISBN 10: 1922384984
Pages: 120
Publication Date: 23 October 2020
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tim Bowden is a Sydney broadcaster, journalist, radio and television documentary maker, oral historian and author. He was born in Hobart, Tasmania, August 2, 1937, and is married, with two children. He hosted the ABC-TV listener and viewer reaction program 'Backchat' from 1986 to June 1994.He has written 17 books including the best-seller One Crowded Hour. He has made several documentaries for ABC TV, and created the ABC's Social History Unit.