Steve Hayes wrote: > I'm looking for genealogical and biographical information on Frderick Joseph > Thwaites (1908-1979), an Australian author. > > All I have been able to find with Google is the titles of a few second-hand > books for sale. > > I'm looking for genealogical and biographical information, such as exact date > and place of birth and death, whether and when he married, and information > about children, if any. > > If anyone has any of his books, I'd be grateful if they could say something > about what kind of books they are, if there is any biographical information in > the blurbs, introductions, prefaces etc. > > Jog along to www.nla.gov.au and opt for the catalogue. Then enter "Thwaites Frederick" for an author. There are many books listed. The library is closed for a few days, but it would be possible for me to visit, draw out some books, and see what they say. I'd bet there won't be much bio info, but you can only try. Paul

On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 08:10:59 +1100, Paul Blair <pblair@pcug.org.au> wrote: >Steve Hayes wrote: >> I'm looking for genealogical and biographical information on Frderick Joseph >> Thwaites (1908-1979), an Australian author. >Jog along to www.nla.gov.au and opt for the catalogue. Then enter >"Thwaites Frederick" for an author. There are many books listed. Thanks very much - he seems to have been a fairly prolific novelist. Novels sometimes say things in the blurb like "He lives in X with his wife, two children and a cat". Actually I've now discovered that he was born and died in Sydney. >The library is closed for a few days, but it would be possible for me to >visit, draw out some books, and see what they say. I'd bet there won't >be much bio info, but you can only try. Thanks very much, that would be good if it's not too much hassle. Maybe you could ask the librarian if there's any biographical information available -- they sometimes have compilations of things like "Great Australian authors". -- Steve Hayes E-mail: hayesmstw@hotmail.com (see web page if it doesn't work) Web: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7783/