Hal Colebatch (Author)

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Hal Gibson Pateshall Colebatch (born October 7, 1945 in Perth , Western Australia ; † September 10, 2019 ) was an Australian author , poet , lecturer , journalist , editor , biographer and lawyer .

origin

Colebatch was the third son of the Australian biographer and politician Hal Colebatch (1872-1953). His mother, Marion Colebatch, was the daughter of longtime mayor and MP of Fremantle Frank Gibson (1878-1965) and had served as a nurse in the Australian Defense Force .

education

He graduated from the University of Western Australia with a degree in history and politics and earned a Bachelor with Honors , a Master of Arts and a PhD in Political Science . He later became a Bachelor of Laws .

Life and works

Colebatch's work includes a. eight volumes of poetry starting with Spectators on the Shore in 1975 and a series of 20 science fiction stories published in the USA in the Larry Niven series of the Kzin war cycle The Man-Kzin Wars . The episode Man-Kzin Wars XII contains three stories by Colebatch, two of which were written in collaboration with Matthew Joseph Harrington and published in February 2009. Colebatch also published commentaries on political, social, legal, or economic topics, and in Penguin's A New Literary History of Australia , published in 1988, he was described as having "a quiet but steady career" in Australian poetry at the time business. He also contributed regularly to publications in the Quadrant (an Australian journal of literature, culture and politics) and his 1999 book "Blair's Britain" was voted Book of the Year in the Spectator ( London ).

He also wrote for the American monthly magazine The American Spectator , he wrote the editorials for the Australian daily newspaper The Australian and occasionally he published smaller articles for the business newspaper The Australian Financial Review . He has also written for the Institute of Public Affairs , the quarterly British magazine The Salisbury Review and the American literary and cultural magazine The New Criterion . He also regularly wrote book reviews and articles in The West Australian and The Record newspapers in Perth. His Return of Heroes is a study of heroic fantasies including The Lord of the Rings , Star Wars, and Harry Potter, and he has authored several articles for the JRR Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment . He wrote biographies about the Australian politicians Victor Garland and Stanley Argyle (1867–1940).

Colebatch was also the editor of numerous books, including the book Lucky Ross , which was detached from HMAS Sydney 19 days before HMAS Sydney was sunk in November 1941 with all its crew members , by John Ross, an Australian naval officer . He has written contract stories for the Parents' and Friends Association and the Victoria League (a voluntary non-profit organization) in Western Australia. He has had two novels published by Acashic Publishers in Subiaco - Counterstrike , which is set in Western Australia in the near future, and Time Machine Troopers , a sequel to HG Wells' novel The Time Machine , which is set in 802719 AD and as characters. includes both Wells himself, Winston Churchill , and Robert Baden-Powell . Counterstrike has been described by The American Spectator and The Record (Perth) as "a thriller of ideas and one of the first books to deal with the problems of false and fabricated counter-knowledge". Time Machine Troopers has been described as "better than Wells" and as "a subversion of Wells".

In October 2011 Picaro Press published his little Chapbook (German: Heftroman ) with 20 poems The Age of Revolution in the series Wagtail [Poets] No. 113. He was also co-author of a book on traffic law in Western Australia, which was published in 2007 together with Barrister Patrick Mugliston and former Police Sergeant Stewart Ainsworth. Colebatch has also accepted a volume of short stories for Acashic publication and written a short film, Fiddler's Green . His book Australia's Secret War won the West Australian Premier's Literature Prize in 2014, which aroused considerable controversy on allegations of political bias. Among the judges for the award were Gerard Henderson (* 1945) and Peter Coleman (1928-2019). The book describes strikes and alleged sabotage by left-wing unions during World War II, although many of the examples given were either very inaccurate or based on unsubstantiated statements by individual soldiers.

poetry

Many of his poems involve Perth and its suburbs, the Swan River and Rottnest Island, as well as trips to the UK , Asia , the Middle East and elsewhere. His poetry, for which he won various prizes, was written both as free verse and in a highly structured form in the form of sonnets and sestines . Colebatch was named by Peter Alexander (1949-2015), Professor of English at the University of New South Wales , in his biography of Les Murray as one of Australia's best writers.

His seventh volume of poetry, The Light River , with a foreword by Les Murray , was published by Connor Court Publishing in 2007. In the foreword, Murray stated that Colebatch's work had been wrongly suppressed by the Australian literary establishment because he refused to join poetic circles. This book contains, among other works, u. a., the long narrative poem A burning Petrol-Tanker , which tells of the recovery of a burning petrol tanker at sea during World War II , and a poem It about the return of terrorism. The long poem Rehead with Phosphor (German: Rotkopf mit Phosphor ) is a romantic love story. His poems are contained in around 25 anthologies . The Light River was awarded the 2008 West Australian Premier's Literature Prize for Poetry.

further activities

When Colebatch was working as a reporter for the West Australian newspaper in the early 1970s , Colebatch made several trips to the Kimberley region of Western Australia to talk to the Australian naturalist Harry Butler (1930-2015), a long-time friend, about the construction and backfilling of the Ord River Dam and related animal rescues to report. He was also involved in the exploration of the several kilometers long extension of the Easter Cave (German: Osterhöhle ) in the southwest of Western Australia. Many scenes in the Man-Kzin Wars X: The Wunder War and subsequent volumes were set in caves and grottoes , which reflects his knowledge of the subject.

His hobbies included sailing , war games and underwater photography , especially on the reefs around Rottnest Island . He spent much of 1973, 1983/84 and 1997/98 in Great Britain, the Middle East and Europe. He also worked for the Australian Institute for Public Policy , the "dry" think tank that and John Hyde (* 1936) engineer - Tycoon Harold Clough was founded; as well as for Debrett's Publications (as managing editor) and on the staff of two federal ministers - Victor Garland and Senator Chris Ellison. After spending some time with the Stone James law firm in Perth, he soon ran his own law firm.

Colebatch was a lecturer in creative writing, tort and contract law at Curtin University . He has taught political science at the University of Western Australia and lectured on international law at Edith Cowan University and the University of Notre Dame Australia .

politics

Colebatch ran in 1977 and 1993 in the state elections in the Australian state of Western Australia as the Liberal candidate for the Perth constituency. Although he was not elected to the Western Australian Legislative Assembly (German: Westaustralische Legislative Assembly ), the lower house of the Parliament of Western Australia (German: Parliament of Western Australia ) in the Parliament House in Perth, he came to second attempt up to 0.12% of the winner of the seat of the Australian Labor Party , which has held it since 1968.

Catalog of works (selection)

Science fiction

  • Man-Kzin Wars No. X: The Wonder War (2003)
  • Man-Kzin Wars XII features three co-authored stories by Colebatch (2009)
    • The Trooper and the Triangle
    • AQUILA ADVENIO
    • Echoes of Distant Guns
  • Man-Kzin Wars XIII as co-author (2012)

Science Fiction (Abstracts)

  • The Colonel's Tiger (1995)
  • Telepath's Dance (1998)
  • His Sergeant's Honor (2002)
  • Music Box (2003)
  • Peter Robinson (2003)
  • The Corporal in the Caves (2003)
  • Catspaws (2005)
  • Grand Spirit Swamp (2005)
  • Three at Table (2005)
  • String (2009) with Matthew Joseph Harrington
  • The Trooper and the Triangle (2009)
  • Misunderstanding (2012) with Jessica Q. Fox
  • A Man Named Saul (2013) with Jessica Q. Fox
  • Deadly Knowledge (2013)
  • The Marmalade Problem (2013)
  • The White Column (2013)
  • Excitement (2019) with Jessica Q. Fox
  • Sales Pitch (2019)

poetry

  • Spectators On the Shore (1975)
  • In Breaking Waves (1979)
  • Outer Charting (1985)
  • The Earthquake Lands (1990)
  • The Stonehenge Syndrome (1993)
  • Primary Loyalties (1999) (with Peter Kocan and Andrew Lansdown)
  • The Light River (2007)
  • The Age of Revolution (2008)

Essays

  • Letter (SF Commentary 6)
  • Letter (SF Commentary 7)

Novels

  • One War for Wonderland (2003)
  • Aquila Advenio (2009) with MJ Harrington
  • Time Machine: Troopers (2011)
  • Counterstrike (2011)
  • Treasure Planet (2013) with Jessica Q. Fox
  • Freedom (2020) with Jessica Q. Fox

prose

  • Claude de Bernales: The Magnificent Miner: A Biography (1996)
  • Steadfast Knight: A Life of Sir Hal Colebatch (2004)
  • Return of the Heroes: The Lord of the Rings, Star Wars, Harry Potter, and Social Conflict (2003)
  • The Colonel's Tiger in Man-Kzin Wars VII , Baen, 1995
  • Good work and friendship: the Victoria League for Commonwealth Friendship in Western Australia 1909-2009 (2010)
  • The Modest Member , official biography of Bert Kelly (2012)
  • Australia's Secret War: How Unionists Sabotaged Our Troops in World War II (2013)
  • Fragile Flame: The Uniqueness and Vulnerability of Scientific and Technological Civilization (2013)
  • Caverns of Magic (2006)
  • Blair's Britain: British Culture Wars and New Labor (1999)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Hal Colebatch , In: isfdb.org (English)
  2. ↑ a b Colebatch, Hal in sf-encyclopedia.com (English)
  3. ↑ Hal Colebatch , In: researchgate.net (English)
  4. ↑ Hal Colebatch , In: the-rathouse.com (English)
  5. ↑ Spectators on the Shore , by Hale Colebatch 1975 , In: austlit.edu.au (English)
  6. ↑ Hal Colebatch , In: tolkiengateway.net (English)
  7. ↑ Harrington, Matthew Joseph , In: sf-encyclopedia.com (English)
  8. ↑ a b Blair’s Britain Hale Colebatch, Book of the year, Time Machine Troopers, by Hal Colebatch, ISBN 978-1-4475-6091-3, July 2011, 349 p. In the Google Book Search
  9. ↑ Contributors, Hal GP Colebatch, The American Spectator in web.archive.org (English)
  10. ↑ Counterstrike by Hal Colebatch, ISBN 978-1-4475-6090-6, Subiaco July 2011, 245 pages in the Google book search
  11. ↑ Hal Colebatch's Counterstrike Is a Thriller of Ideas, by Lars Walker, May 6, 2011 , In: spectator.org (accessed May 4, 2020)
  12. ↑ Hal Colebatch, August 4, 2014 , In: ccgs.wa.edu.au (English)
  13. ↑ a b c Books by Hal GP Colebatch, Poetry , In: andrewlansdown.com (English)
  14. ↑ Svensson's Guide to the Galaxy, A Personal Space Opera Wiki, Hal Colbatch , In: sf.zaramis.se (accessed May 5, 2020)
  15. ↑ Australia's Secret War: How unionists sabotaged our troops in World War II, by Hal GP Colebatch, Quadrant Books 2014 , In: arts.gov.au (accessed May 5, 2020)
  16. ↑ Prime Minister's Literary Awards panel accused of political bias, by Nick Toscano, December 9, 2014 , In: The Sydney Morning Held (accessed May 5, 2020)
  17. ↑ Stanley, Peter. Who are the liars? Response to Colebatch , at http://honesthistory.net.au , December 17, 2014. Retrieved April 6, 2020
  18. ^ The Light River by Hale Colebatch, Connor Court Publishing Pty, Limited 2007, 100 p. In the Google book search
  19. ↑ The Light River, Hal Colebatch, foreword by Les Murray, 2007, 100 p. , In: trove.nla.gov.au (English)
  20. ^ History of Stone James and Co., law firm of Perth, Western Australia from 1831, by Fred M. Robinson and Anne W. Robinson , In: trove.nla.gov.au (English) (accessed May 5, 2020)
personal data
SURNAME Colebatch, Hal
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Colebatch, Hal Gibson Pateshall
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian author, poet, lecturer, journalist, editor, biographer and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Perth
DATE OF DEATH September 10, 2019
Place of death Perth