Henry George Lamond

Henry George Lamond (13 June 1885 – 12 July 1969) was an Australian farmer and writer, notable for his novels about the land, people and animals of outback Queensland. In addition to his fiction and non-fiction books, he wrote over 900 essays and articles for magazines including Walkabout. At one point in his career he was considered to be the Australian 'Thompson Seton'.

Biography Lamond was born on 13 June 1885, at Carl Creek Native Police barracks in Queensland's Gulf Country and educated at Brisbane Grammar School and the Queensland Agricultural College, Gatton. He was the son of Native Police inspector James Lamond, who conducted multiple massacres of Aboriginal people in the Gulf Country.

From 1902 to 1927, he worked at jobs ranging from jackaroo to horse-breaker to manager on various properties in western Queensland. On 27 June 1910, Lamond married Eileen Meta Olive McMillan at Maneroo Station, about from Longreach. The couple had a daughter and two sons (one of whom, Hal, was killed in 1942 while serving with the Royal Australian Air Force).

By 1949, Lamond was living at Annerley, Brisbane. He was awarded a Member of the British Empire in 1968. Lamond died in Brisbane, surviving his wife by a year, and was cremated. 1934 – An Aviary on the Plains. Angus & Robertson: Sydney. 1934 – Tooth and Talon: tales of the Australian wild. Angus & Robertson: Sydney. 1943 – Kilgour's Mare. W. Morrow & Co: New York. 1943 – Grand old man of the pastoral industry. The story of pastoralist William Ross Munro. 1945 – Dingo: the story of an outlaw. W. Morrow & Co: New York. 1946 – Brindle Royalist: a story of the Australian plains. W. Morrow & Co: New York. 1949 – White Ears the Outlaw: the Story of a Dingo. Angus & Robertson: Sydney. Originally a newspaper serial in April 1934. 1953 – Kangaroo. J. Day Co: New York. 1953 – Big Red. Sun Books: Melbourne. 1954 – The Manx Star: a story of the Australian plains. Faber & Faber: London. 1955 – Towser. The Sheep Dog. Faber & Faber: London. 1958 – The Red Ruin Mare. Faber & Faber: London. 1959 – Sheep Station. Faber & Faber: London. 1966 – Etiquette of Battle. Lansdowne Press: Melbourne.