References

• 2002 "Alan Marshall,' Books and Writing, ABC Radio National "This week we celebrate the centenary of Alan Marshall's birth. He was born in the Western District Victorian town of Noorat on the 2nd of May 1902 and died in 1984 at the age of 82. He was best known for his book I Can Jump Puddles, which chronicled his childhood, as he got polio at six and walked with crutches from that time on. Writers Paul Jennings and John Embling join Ramona Koval and comment on the spirit and art of Alan Marshall. As Steven Murray Smith said in the introduction to The Complete Stories of Alan Marshall, published in 1977: "He not only held a firm place in the thoughts of all who knew him, but was a man who was regarded with national affection. This was partly because his art was never pretentious. He never tried to be trendy: on the other hand he was never self-consciously folksy either. Of course he was punished for this, as Lawson was too, for two generations."" Broadcast in recognition of the centenary Alan Marshall's birth on 2 May 1902, a full transcript is available from 2002 "Alan Marshall,' Books and Writing, ABC Radio National, https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/booksandwriting/alan-marshall/3631014