I thank Desmond for giving us - future migrants and those already in Australia the opportunity to read and enjoy his exclusive short stories here on PomsInOz.
In 2007, more than one million, two hundred thousand Britons had settled in Australia. Last year 18,000 flew here from Britain to make new lives, by far the largest intake from any country. Why do ‘the Brits' come here? What are they seeking? Do they find it easy to make a new home so far away from England? How do they get on with the Aussies? What are their success stories? Desmond Zwar has spent years talking to British migrants, asking these questions. He has chatted to the ‘ordinary' Londoner, the celebrities – like Joe Bugner – the infamous – like Ronnie Biggs, (an ‘unofficial' migrant until it got a bit too hot for him).
Some he talked to, are sadly no longer with us. But their spirit lives on...and have been recorded in his book for posterity.
Each week PomsInOz will publish two of the short stories.
Desmond is looking for a publisher, so if there is any publishers out there - please get in touch!
About Desmond Zwar
Newspapers:
Desmond Zwar began a newspaper cadetship on the Albury Border Morning Mail, and then moved to The Herald, Melbourne, to be employed by the late Sir Keith Murdoch. (He was to write Sir Keith's Life 30 years later).
He went to Fleet Street, London, and joined the London Daily Mail, where he worked as reporter, foreign correspondent, feature writer and latterly acting as Features Editor, remaining with the paper for 11 Years.
He had his own features service in London and concentrated on newspaper and magazine non-fiction series for Sunday newspapers and women's magazines. He was Australian columnist for the UK Mail for four years. He worked in Public Relations with a leading Melbourne PR company and latterly had his own weekly newspaper.
Books:
He has written 16 non-fiction books, most of them published internationally:
THE INFAMOUS OF NUREMBERG, WRITTEN FOR COL.BURTON C ANDRUS, PUBLISHED IN 1969 BY COWARD-MCCANN, USA, LESLIE FREWIN, UK; AND IN SEVERAL EUROPEAN COUNTRIES.
THIS WONDERFUL WORLD OF GOLF, WITH PETER THOMSON, PUBLISHED IN 1969 BY PELHAM BOOKS, UK.
THE LONELIEST MAN IN THE WORLD - THE STORY OF RUDOLF HESS'S IMPRISONMENT, WRITTEN FOR COL.EUGENE BIRD, PUBLISHED BY VIKING USA, SECKER & WARBURG, UK, AND IN 10 OTHER COUNTRIES.1974.
VET IN THE CLOUDS, WITH VET DON LAVERS, PUBLISHED BY GRANADA UK. 1978.
IN SEARCH OF KEITH MURDOCH, PUBLISHED BY MACMILLAN, AUST AND UK. 1980.
THE SOUL OF A SCHOOL, PUBLISHED BY MACMILLAN, AUST. 1982.
NEW FRONTIERS OF MEDICAL RESEARCH, PUBLISHED BY STEIN & DAY, USA, AND IN JAPAN.
THE MAGIC MUSSEL - THE STORY OF A NATURAL ARTHRITIS TREATMENT, PUBLISHED BY IDEAS UNLIMITED, AUST., 1983.
THE DAME, PUBLISHED BY MACMILLAN, AUST., 1984.
THE MA EVANS BALDNESS CURE, WOODLAND BOOKS, USA, 1984.
GOLF - THE DICTIONARY, PUBLISHED BY SUN BOOKS, AUST., DAVID & CHARLES, UK, TOMAS BOOKS, GERMANY, 1984.
DOCTOR AHEAD OF HIS TIME - THE LIFE OF DR.AINSLIE MEARES, PSYCHIATRIST, PUBLISHED BY GREENHOUSE PUBLICATIONS, 1985.
THE MAD, MAD WORLD OF UNISEX GOLF, PUBLISHED BY IDEAS UNLIMITED, AUST. 1990.
DISGRACE! THE SAGA OF THE DOWNFALL OF MEDICAL HERO, DR.WILLIAM MCBRIDE.
THE QUEEN, RUPERT & ME A REPORTER'S EXTRAORDINARY LIFE, Sid Harta Publishing.
Its my first post here..This is a truly enjoyable number of annecdotes here...Thanks Dersmond for sharing. I await the future posts with baited breath....
