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Chester took up a teaching appointment in Bairnsdale, in eastern Victoria, after attending Melbourne University. It was there that he came into contact with the writer-extraordinaire Hal Porter, and decided that writing was to be the centre of his life. After a move back to Melbourne he continued teaching, but managed to write as well as work, be a parent, and everything else. Chester Eagle took the state-given opportunity to retire at age 55 and was able at last to devote himself to writing full-time. This term is misleading, perhaps, because his habits, well set by now, involve writing after breakfast until mid-morning, by which time the day’s work is done. The rest of the day is given over to looking at the world around him, brooding, a little re-reading, correction and revising, and to music. Luckily we managed to lure Chester into our network by waving some pretty expensive bottles of red under his nose. The end results can be seen in his highly successful editing of Max Brown’s classic Australian Son, originally published in 1948. Chester’s own work can be found at Trojan Press. Here you can download his many novels, memoirs and librettos for free.

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