[Editor: This article about John O’Brien is an extract from the “Personal Items” column published in The Bulletin (Sydney, NSW), 28 May 1952.] [Personal Items: Monsignor Hartigan] The Bulletin called on Monsignor Hartigan (“John O’Brien” of the boree-log) at the Rose Bay … [Read more...] about [Personal Items: Monsignor Hartigan] [28 May 1952]
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Island sunset [poem, 30 August 1952]
[Editor: A poem published in the “Children’s Corner” section of the The Daily Mercury, 30 August 1952.] Island sunset At the dawning see the sun rise, In the evening watch it sink, When the clouds are tipped with golden, And some are lined with orange-pink. As we … [Read more...] about Island sunset [poem, 30 August 1952]
“Around the Boree Log”: Death of author [31 December 1952]
[Editor: A brief obituary of Patrick Hartigan, who wrote under the name of “John O’Brien”. Published in the Charleville Times (Charleville, Qld.), 31 December 1952.] “Around the Boree Log” Death of author Monsignor Patrick Hartigan, author of an Australian bestseller, … [Read more...] about “Around the Boree Log”: Death of author [31 December 1952]