Author

JACK MCKINNEY

Jack McKinney

Jack McKinney (1891–1966) was born in Numurkah, Victoria, in 1891. After serving in Europe and North Africa during the Great War he lived in Queensland, where he turned to writing. His works include the popular radio serial The Noonans; the prize-winning novel Crucible (which drew on his wartime experiences); short stories for the Australian newspaper; the plays The Well and Down in that Poor Country; and the philosophical work The Structure of Modern Thought. A probing and innovative writer, he lived on Mount Tamborine in southern Queensland with his wife, the poet Judith Wright, until his death in 1966.

THE WELL by Jack McKinney

We acknowledge that we live and create on unceded lands. We pay our respects to the First Peoples of Australia, and to their elders past, present and future.

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