Colin Thiele (born 1920 in Eudunda, South Australia) is an Australianauthor and educator, best known for his award winning children's fiction. 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January January 3 - Babe Ruth is traded by the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for $125,000, the largest sum ever paid for a player at that time. ... Eudunda () is a rural town in South Australia, 115 kilometres northeast of Adelaide (1½ hours drive). ... Emblems: Hairy Nosed Wombat (faunal); Sturts Desert Pea (floral); Piping Shrike (bird); Opal (gemstone); Leafy Seadragon (marine) Motto: United for the Common Wealth Slogan or Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Const. ... An author is the person who creates a written work, such as a book, story, article or the like. ...
Thiele is probably best-known as an author of books describing life in rural Australia, particularly the Coorong region of coastal South Australia. The characters in his books are the kinds of people he would have met in his life. Several of his books have been made into movies—Sun on the Stubble, The Fire in the Stone, Blue Fin and Storm Boy. Blue Fin is an Australian novel and film released in 1978. ... Storm Boy is an Australian novel by Colin Thiele. ...
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