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Legends from Benson's Valley, Frank J. Hardy, Penguin Books, 1984, 0140075046, 9780140075045, . Frank Hardy and the making of "Power without glory" , Pauline Armstrong, Nov 1, 2000, Biography & Autobiography, 249 pages. Story of the production of Frank Hardy's 'Power Without Glory', the 1950 novel that sparked a criminal libel case and a literary controversy. Argues that Hardy was commissioned .... The Last Magician , Hospital Janette Tur, Janette Turner Hospital, 2003, , 389 pages. Reissue of a novel first published in 1992. Concerns relationships among a group of people, including the photographer Charlie - the last magician - who are haunted by .... The girl green as elderflower , Randolph Stow, Oct 1, 1984, , 149 pages. Recovering from a recent nervous breakdown, Crispin Clare returns to his ancestral home in England where, turning to writing as a form of therapy, the distinctions between past .... The Tyranny of Distance How Distance Shaped Australia's History, Geoffrey Blainey, 2001, Australia, 413 pages. Third edition of a landmark Australian history text first published 1966 - its title has become common parlance. Argues that Australia's geographical remoteness has been .... Who shot George Kirkland? a novel about the nature of truth, Frank J. Hardy, 1981, Drama, 180 pages. Faces in the street an epic drama for theatre, Frank J. Hardy, , Drama, 56 pages. The obsession of Oscar Oswald , Frank J. Hardy, 1983, , 212 pages. Schindler's List , Thomas Keneally, Dec 1, 1993, Fiction, 398 pages. Recreates the remarkable activities and courage of Oskar Schindler, a Catholic German industrialist who gambled everything to save as many Jews as possible from the Nazi death .... Warrant of distress , Oscar Oswald, Frank J. Hardy, Dec 1, 1983, Business & Economics, 43 pages. The Enchanted Wood , Enid Blyton, Nov 1, 1997, Juvenile Fiction, 185 pages. The Stranger from Melbourne A Literary Biography of Frank Hardy, 1944-1975, Paul Adams, 1999, Biography & Autobiography, 212 pages. Frank Hardy was both a writer and a conspicuous public figure. So huge is his public legacy that it often overshadows the literary work and the books he wrote, many of which .... Celtic Gods and Heroes , Marie-Louise Sjoestedt, 2000, Fiction, 104 pages. Noted French scholar and linguist discusses gods of the continental Celts, beginnings of mythology in Ireland, Irish mother-goddesses and chieftain-gods, and heroes.. Ideology An Introduction, Terry Eagleton, 1991, Philosophy, 242 pages. Unravels the many different definitions of ideology, explores the history of the concept from the Enlightenment to postmodernism, and interprets the works of major philosophers. The Outcasts of Foolgarah , Frank J. Hardy, 1971, Fiction, 245 pages. The loser now will be later to win , Frank J. Hardy, 1985, Fiction, 230 pages. Collection of short stories containing scattered references to Aborigines; titles Release from Sorrow and A terrible beauty is born annotated separately.. The unlucky Australians , Frank J. Hardy, 1968, History, 257 pages. Geoffrey Parsons Among Friends, Richard Davis, Richard Michael Davis, Jan 1, 2006, Musical accompaniment, 273 pages. Filled with the personal tributes by renowned singers with whom he worked including Jessye Norman, Victoria de Los Angeles, Thomas Allen, Janet Baker, Barbara Bonney, Olaf Bar .... A COLLECTION OF AUSTRALIAN BUSH STORIES FROM VERY WELL- KNOWN AUSTRALIAN AUTHOR.HAS BEEN OUT OF PRINT FOR NEARLYTWENTY-YEARS BUT WAS VERY HIGHLY PRAISED WHEN PUBLISHED ORIGINALLY. LIST OF STORIES: THE COCKIES IN BUNGAREE; THE LOAD OF WOOD; THE FINAL OF THE BILLIARDS TOURNAMENT; ISN'T IT A BLODDY CAUTION?; THE NEW POLICEMAN; THE GAMBLER; NOT SO MANY LATELY; WHEN SANDY MITCHELL WON THE LOTTERY;IT'S MOMENTS LIKE THESE; A QUESTIONOF HEAT AGAINST COLD; THE LOAD OF SLEEPERS; GOOD AS EVER; THE STRANGER FROM MELBOURNE; THE EVICTION OF ERNIE LYLE (POSSIBLE INCLUSION) .../. BENSON'S VALLEY IS A SMALL COUNTRY TOWN IN AUSTRALIA DURING THE DEPRESSION OF THE 1930'S. FRANK HARDY OBSERVES THE LOCAL SCENE THROUGH EVENTS LIKE THE BILLIARDS TOURNAMENT, THE ARRIVAL OF A TOUGH NEW COP, AN ATTEMPTED EVICTION AND A FLEETING ROMANCE. Francis Joseph Hardy, or Frank, (21 March 1917 – 28 January 1994) was an Australian left-wing novelist and writer best known for his controversial novel Power Without Glory. He also was a political activist bringing the plight of Aboriginal Australians to international attention with the publication of his book, The Unlucky Australians, in 1968. He ran unsuccessfully for the Australian parliament twice. Frank Hardy, the fifth of the eight children of Thomas and Winifred Hardy, was born on 21 March 1917 at Southern Cross in Western Victoria and later moved with his family to Bacchus Marsh, west of Melbourne.[1][2][3] His mother, Winifred, was a Roman Catholic – his father, Thomas, an atheist of Welsh and English descent. In 1931 Hardy left school, aged 14, and embarked upon a series of manual jobs. According to Hardy biographer Pauline Armstrong, "his first job was as a messenger and bottlewasher at the local chemist's shop" and then Hardy worked at the local grocer. He later also did manual work "in and around Bacchus Marsh in the milk factory, digging potatoes, picking tomatoes and fruit". There is some debate among Hardy's biographers about the relative extent Hardy personally suffered from hardships during the 1930s depression. Hardy claimed himself that he left home when he was 13 because "his dad couldn't get the dole" with him at home.[4] However, Jim Hardy, Frank's eldest brother, wrote to the Melbourne Herald on 6 November 1983 to rebut this assertion, claiming that Frank had never had to leave home – further noting that their "father never lost a day's work in his life". According to biographer Jenny Hocking [1][page needed] in a more recent biography, Tom Hardy indeed did lose his job at a milk factory at the start of the Great Depression, and the family had had to move into a small rented house in Lerderderg Street. According to Pauline Armstrong, Hardy enlisted in the Australian armed forces on 10 May 1943.[1][2] He was later posted to Mataranka in the Northern Territory which was under "perpetual anticipation" of attack from the Japanese.[1] Initially editing and writing a unit newspaper for the Australian army, he was employed as an artist for the army journal, Salt. Later his short stories A stranger in the camp and The man from Clinkapella won competitions and his work was accepted by Coast to Coast and the Guardian. Many of his early stories were written under the pseudonym Ross Franklyn. He continued to work in journalism for most of his life. Although he opposed the foundation of the Australian Society of Authors for political reasons in 1963, he later joined the Society and served on its Management Committee. He played an active role in assisting the Gurindji people in the Gurindji strike in the mid to late 1960s.[citation needed] The documentary film The Unlucky Australians featured Frank Hardy and the Gurindji people and was made by director producer John Goldschmidt and transmitted on the ITV Network in the UK by Associated television. His most famous work, Power Without Glory, was initially published in 1950 by Hardy himself with the assistance of Communist Party members. The novel was a fictionalised version of the life of a Melbourne businessman, John Wren, and was set in the fictitious Melbourne suburb of Carringbush (based on the actual suburb Collingwood). In 1950, Hardy was arrested for criminal libel and had to defend Power Without Glory in a celebrated case shortly after its publication. Prosecutors alleged that Power Without Glory criminally libelled John Wren's wife by implication that she had engaged in an extramarital affair. Hardy was acquitted and it was the last criminal libel case launched in Victoria; all subsequent libel cases were civil. Hardy detailed the case in his book The Hard Way.[citation needed] You have not been recognised as an AustLit subscriber, and hence the functionality of this site and the information available to you is quite limited. You are able to see basic information about people and works, but most of the detailed information is only available to subscribers. Find out how to gain full access to AustLit Note on verso of title page of It's Moments Like These (1972): ' All the stories in this book, with the exception of 'The Eviction of Ernie Lyle', originally appeared in expurgated form in Legends from Benson's Valley first published by T. Werner laurie Ltd., 1963.' While this clearly indicates that early editions of Legends from Benson's Valley contained expurgated versions of stories later published in a fuller version, it is uncertain when, if at all, later editions were revised. The 1984 Penguin edition contains a story not included in the first 1963 edition and thus may also have the unexpurgated versions of the other stories. ... Mr. Frank Hardy In our report yesterday of the proceedings at the City Court in which Francis Joseph ("Frank") Hardy, author of "Power Without Glory," was charged with issuing a malicious libel, it was stated that Mr. Hardy left the court arm-in-arm with Mrs. Alice Mary Inge, who stood surety. ... 73 words ... Frank Hardy trial begins The trial of Francis Joseph Hardy, author of "Power Without Glory," on a ... Martin and a jury. Hardy has been charged with having criminally libelled Mrs. Ellen Wren, wife of ... Dall and Allaway), will defend Hardy. Mr. H. A. Winneke, K.C., senior Crown Prosecutor, with Mr. P. ... 100 words ... Hardy MELBOURNE, Sat: Five writers have formed themselves selves into a committee to help with the legal defence of Mr. Frank Hardy, author of the controversial book Power Without Glory. They are ... meeting has been arranged. ' . © Communist author^ Francis Joseph Hardy (33) is on re mand on a charge of ..

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