[Eley, Barbara, 1995, Ion Idriess, ETT Imprint, Sydney, Chapter 17]
Chapter Seventeen
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Before he left Perth, the writer Ernestine Hill called on him to offer whatever help she could to make his trip north easier. Jack failed to see how this would be possible. One Emily Meares, also concerned with his well-being, provided him with five introductions to station owners in the north. Jack didn't avail himself of the courtesy, all five notes written on blue linen paper, enclosed in their blue linen envelopes, remained sealed until I opened them myself some fifty-four years later.
It was Treadgold however who provided, as far as Jack was concerned, the most practical piece of equipment for a man proposing to travel through dangerous territory where the Aborigines, in many areas, could not be classed as friendly-he was given a Colt .44. Treadgold insisted Jack take it and not hesitate to use it if it became necessary.
The element of danger didn't concern Jack, this was what he had come for!
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Author Eley, Beverley.
Title Ion Idriess / Beverley Eley.
Imprint Sydney : ETT, 1995.
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Details
Call # B/IDR
Phys. Description 382 p. ; 24 cm.
Series Imprint lives
Subject Idriess, Ion L. (Ion Llewellyn), 1890-1979 -- Biography.
Authors, Australian -- 20th century -- Biography.
ISBN 1875892087 (pbk.)
