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 full-length work on the outlaw.[1]
The book was an inspiration for The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith.[2][3][4]
The book was re-published in 1978.
References
edit- ^ "ANOTHER RIPARIAN ROAMING". Smith's Weekly. Vol. XXII, no. 23. New South Wales, Australia. 3 August 1940. p. 8. Retrieved 2 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Julian Croft, 'Clune, Francis Patrick (Frank) (1893–1971)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/clune-francis-patrick-frank-9769/text17263, published first in hardcopy 1993, accessed online 2 April 2024.
- ^ "Bulletin COVER STORY INSIDE THE WORLD OF JIMMIE BLACKSMITH", The Bulletin, Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 30 May 1978, nla.obj-1739021549, retrieved 2 April 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "A century on a life still unfolds". The Sydney Morning Herald. 18 January 2001. p. 16.
External links
edit- Jimmy Governor at AustLit