Jack Russell
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Industry | Agriculture |
| Occupation | Retired |
| Location | Blue Mountains, NSW, Australia |
| Introduction | James Algernon Russell: retired farmer and grazier, born Central Western NSW, educated Agricultural High School - Leaving Certificate, Sydney Technical College - Wool Classing Certificate, Hawkesbury Agricultural College - Diploma of Agriculture, National Service RAAF, crocodile shooter, pearl diver, Australian National Sheep Shearing Team, breeder of champion merinos and sheep dogs, various business interests in China and the South Seas, corresponding member Royal Society NSW, guide on various anthropological expeditions throughout inland Australia and Papaua New Guinea, initiated member of several tribes, farming interests in NSW and Queensland, now retired to write my memoirs. Married three times, numerous children, legitimate and otherwise; grand-children and great grand-children. |
| Interests | sheep, cattle, sheep dogs, shearing, farming, fly fishing, photography, poetry, classical music, reading, mah jong, books, reading, mens health |
| Favorite Movies | Babe, Jedda, Smiley, Dad and Dave, The Sentimental Bloke, Kakoda Front Line, Charles Chauvel, Raymond Longford, Paul Cox, Ken Hall, Peter Weir, Phil Noyce, Bruce Beresford, John Duigan, Rabbit Proof Fence, Norman Dawn, Gallipoli, Newsfront, The Boys, Lantana, Travelling North, The Adventures of Priscilla Queen of the Desert, The Tracker, Chips Rafferty, Peter Finch |
| Favorite Music | Percy Grainger, Nat King Cole, The Bushwackers, Sir Douglas Quintet, Peter Dawson, Beniamino Gigli, Enrico Caruso, Maria Callas, Johnny O'Keefe, Dell Shannon, Everly Brothers |
| Favorite Books | Cicero, Virgil, Ovid, Chaucer, Swift, Donne, Dryden, Johnson, Congreve, Lock, Longfellow, Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Tolstoy, Henry Lawson, Banjo Patterson, military history, naval history, James Lee Burke, Bernard Cornwell, Flashman, George McDonald Frazer |