John K. Ewers
John K. Ewers (13 June 1904-1978) was a novelist, poet, schoolteacher and short story writer from Western Australia. [1] [2] [3] He was the second son Ernest Ewers, orchardist, and his wife Annie Eliza, née Gray. When he was 6 his mother died. [4] He was educated at James Street Intermediate and Perth Modern schools, and Claremont Teachers' College. The Australian Journal published (1924) his first short story, under the nom-de-plume, 'J. K. Waterjugs'.[5] He wrote early on in his career in Our Rural Magazine, and Walkabout magazine [6]
He was involved in the Western Australian branch of the Fellowship of Australian writers and was its President [7]
Works
- Money street : a novel (London, 1933)
- The story of the pipe-line : being an account of the construction of the Coolgardie water scheme with some chapters on the early history of Western Australia (Perth, 1935)
- Fire on the Wind (London, 1935, Hodder & Stoughton)
- Tell the people! : an explanation of the little-known writings of Joseph Furphy (Tom Collins) in the light of their value for Australia to-day (Sydney, 1943)
- Tales from the Dead Heart (Sydney, 1944)
- Men Against the Earth (Melbourne, 1946)
- Perth Boys' School, 1847-1947 : the story of the first hundred years of a great school, with a background of the history of education in Western Australia (Perth, 1947)
- For Heroes to Live In (Melbourne, 1948)
- Harvest and Other Stories (Sydney, 1949)
- With the Sun on My Back (Angus & Robertson, Sydney, 1953)
- Who Rides on the River? (Sydney, 1956)
- Bruce Rock (1959)
- The western gateway : a history of Fremantle (Nedlands, 1971.2nd rev. ed.)
- I came naked : a selection of verse 1970-1975 (Black Rock, Vic. 1976.)
- Long enough for a joke : an autobiography (Fremantle Arts Centre Press, 1983)
Notes
- ^ Ewers, John. K (1983) Long enough for a joke : an autobiography Fremantle, W.A. : Fremantle Arts Centre Press. ISBN 0909144729
- ^ Bibby, Peter (1982) The ultimate honesty : recollections of John K. Ewers, 1904-1978, with some glimpses culled from his works / edited by Peter Bibby. Perth [W.A.] : Fellowship of Australian Writers, W.A. Branch ISBN 0909497206
- ^ Gregory, Jenny, 'Ewers, John Keith (1904–1978)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ewers-john-keith-10138/text17901, accessed 16 July 2011. This article was first published in hardcopy in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 14, (MUP), 1996
- ^ http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ewers-john-keith-10138
- ^ http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ewers-john-keith-10138
- ^ Telegraph linesmen of the Nor'West. Walkabout, Nov. 1938, p. 19-21
- ^ The odyssey of the jolly swagman : presidential address delivered at Ninth Annual Corroboree of the Fellowship [of Australian Writers (W.A. Section)], held at Australian Natives' Association clubhouse, Riverside Drive, Perth, November, 1947. Perth : Fellowship of Australian Writers, W.A. Section, 1947