Lester Basil Sinclair

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Lester Basil Sinclair (29 August 1894 – 5 October 1974) was one of the most prolific Australian song writers during WWII, under his birth name Lester Basil Sinclair. At the same time, Mr. Sinclair was an important Australian children’s book author under the pen name John Mystery [1], publishing over 300 books[2].

[edit] Early life

Little is know of Lester Sinclair's early childhood other than he was born in Yorkshire, England in 1894 and came to Australia as a teenager, via New Zealand, where he had joined a circus[3]

[edit] Bibliography

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  • Why Cows Moo 28 pages. Lonsdale & Bartholomew, Sydney, 1936, OCLC 216748223). Black and white illustrations by Matt Herriot.


[edit] References

  1. ^ Marcie Muir, A Bibliography of Australian Childrean's Books (London: Deutsch, 1970), p.443
  2. ^ John Mystery: The Nation's Storyteller La Trobe Journal, No 60 Spring 1997
  3. ^ , Sutherland: Mapping A Literary Heritage - Edward Duyker
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