Francis Patrick Clune, OBE, (27 November 1893 – 11 March 1971) was a best-selling Australian writer, travel writer and popular historian. Clune was born in...
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Paddington. Clune appeared in her husband Frank Clune's newspaper columns as the character "Brown Eyes". In the 1940s, Thelma and Frank Clune opened an...
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1959), Irish politician Don Clune (born 1952), American football player Frank Clune (1893–1971), Australian writer Henry W. Clune (1890–1995), American journalist...
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life of bushranger Jimmy Governor, the subject of an earlier book by Frank Clune. The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith is set in 19th century New South Wales...
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enough." Other examples of the form are: Wild Colonial Boys (1948) by Frank Clune, covering Australian bushrangers of the 19th century. The Crucible (1953)...
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The Viking of Van Diemen's Land (category Books by Frank Clune)
Land: the stormy life of Jorgen Jorgensen is a 1954 Australian book by Frank Clune and P.R. Stephensen about Jørgen Jørgensen. The book was originally written...
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The Greatest Liar on Earth (category Books by Frank Clune)
Australian biography by Frank Clune about the fabulist Louis de Rougemont. It was the first biography on de Rougemont. Clune had previously written about...
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Dark Outlaw (category Books by Frank Clune)
Gardiner is a 1945 Australian historical novel by Frank Clune about bushranger Frank Gardiner. In 1948, Clune stated it was his best-selling book, with over...
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Captain Melville (book) (category Books by Frank Clune)
Australian book by Frank Clune about the bushrnager Captain Melville. It was one of a series of influential books about bushrangers by Clune. The Bulletin...
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Captain Starlight (book) (category Books by Frank Clune)
Captain Starlight, also known as Starlight, is a 1945 Australian book by Frank Clune about the inspirations for Captain Starlight in the novel Robbery Under...
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the Study of Human Mortality. Cruithne Press. ISBN 978-1-873448-06-9. Frank Clune (1967). Serenade to Sydney: some historical landmarks. Angus and Robertson...
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Try Anything Once (book) (category Books by Frank Clune)
The Autobiography of a Wanderer is a 1933 Australian autobiography by Frank Clune. It was his first published book and sold well, launching his career...
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Martin Cash (book) (category Books by Frank Clune)
Martin Cash is a 1955 Australian biography by Frank Clune about the bushranger Martin Cash. It was also published as Martin Cash: The Lucky Bushranger...
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he visited New Guinea as a guest of Sir Edward Hallstrom with writers Frank Clune and Colin Simpson. The trip inspired a new series of tiny, brilliantly...
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King of the Road (1900) Ransom (1907) Ben Hall the Bushranger (1947) by Frank Clune Outlawry Under the Gums (1933) A Notorious Bushranger (1951) - radio...
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Fay Iowa's family (this idea of being "sung" to death was also held by Frank Clune, a popular travel writer, Aboriginal activist and organiser of Albert's...
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Ben Hall the Bushranger (category Books by Frank Clune)
Ben Hall the Bushranger is a 1947 Australian historical novel by Frank Clune about the bushranger Ben Hall. It tried to focus on Hall's motivations. He...
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Jimmy Governor (book) (category Books by Frank Clune)
Jimmy Governor is a 1959 Australian book by Frank Clune about Jimmy Governor. Clune had written about Governor as early as 1940 but this was the first...
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The Kelly Hunters (category Books by Frank Clune)
The Kelly Hunters is a 1954 Australian book by Frank Clune about the hunt for bushranger Ned Kelly. The book sold very well. The Sun-Herald said "Indefatigable...
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Dig (book) (category Books by Frank Clune)
non-fiction book about the Burke and Wills Expedition by Frank Clune. It was one of Clune's best known and most popular works. The book was also known...
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Notorious Captain Melville". Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal (NSW : 1851 – 1904). 22 August 1857. p. 4. Frank Clune, author of Captain Melville (1945)...
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artist George Washington Lambert (1930); writers Jack Moses (1945) and Frank Clune (1971); entertainer Gladys Moncrieff (1976) and founder of the acting...
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June 2012. Refers to "Regular Public Transport (RPT) operations only" Frank Clune (1967). The Norfolk Island Story. Angus & Robertson. pp. 302–303. James...
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Captain Bully Hayes (category Books by Frank Clune)
Australian book by Frank Clune about Bully Hayes. It has been called "Perhaps the most reliable account of the life of Bully Hayes." Clune had written about...
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to make a movie about the Telegraph based on a script by Frank Clune. This emeged as Clune's 1955 book Overland Telegraph. In 2007, the ABC produced Constructing...
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Overland Telegraph (book) (category Books by Frank Clune)
Telegraph is a 1955 Australian book by Frank Clune about the construction of the Overland Telegraph. It is one of Clune's best known works. The Sydney Morning...
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of indecent assault) Government Gazette (Queensland), 28 August 1875. Frank Clune, Captain Bully Hayes (Sydney 1970). A. Grove Day, Louis Becke (New York...
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The Adventures of a Surveyor in New Zealand and the Australian Goldfields, London, 1853 Frank Clune, Captain Melville, Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1956...
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Australian gold rushes (section 1850: Clunes, Victoria)
Machine Katherine, NT Archived 2 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Frank Clune (1944). Rolling Down the Lachlan. Moderne Printing Co. pp. 92–116. "Halls...
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activist Jack Patten. He edited all but four of the books of writer Frank Clune. In 1936, Stephensen and Miles founded a magazine, The Publicist, which...
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