Location: Australia
Member Since: Nov. 15, 2010

Allen Hancock


Biography

Allen Hancock was born in Adelaide, South Australia in 1952. He joined the Australian Regular Army in 1970 and spent the next 21 years moving around most areas of Australia. He left the Army in 1992 and has been working as a professional records manager since then. Allen has more than 40 years association with the records industry working with Federal and State Government agencies as well as in higher education and private enterprise.

Where to find Allen Hancock online

LinkedIn: http://au.linkedin.com/pub/allen-hancock/15/421/911

Books

The Chance of a Storm    by Allen Hancock
Price: $4.99 USD. 113040 words. Published on November 19, 2010. Fiction.
Warm and humid with the chance of a storm. That was the weather forecast for Christmas Eve in 1974. Oh and there was a cyclone warning for coastal waters around Darwin. But we'd had cyclone warnings before so why should we let Cyclone Tracy spoil Christmas?
The Billabong Incident    by Allen Hancock
Price: Free! 2260 words. Published on November 19, 2010. Fiction.
Billabong: A waterhole. Or more to the point, a small lake formed by a change in the course of a river. Sometimes referred to as an oxbow lake.
The Battlefield    by Allen Hancock
Price: Free! 2370 words. Published on November 19, 2010. Fiction.
Billy rubbed his hand along the smooth woodwork of the rifle slung over his shoulder. “Do you think we’ll get to fight at last.” For most of the new men their greatest fear had always been that the fighting would finish before they had their chance to join in.
Song of the River    by Allen Hancock
Price: $4.95 USD. 90650 words. Published on November 18, 2010. Fiction.
Wonnangatta Station lies deep in the mountain country of northeastern Victoria on the Wonnangatta River, one of two branches of the upper section of the Mitchell River in Gippsland. Officially unsolved, the murders of station manager James Barclay and his cook/helper have been the object of much speculation for more than 80 years.
The Big Cheese (AKA Recordkeeping for Knuckleheads    by Allen Hancock
Price: Free! 8990 words. Published on November 18, 2010. Nonfiction.
I know I've got to keep stuff, Charlie, but ... Private Detective Charlie Ulm never knew that recordkeeping could be so dangerous.
3:14 am    by Allen Hancock
Price: Free! 3340 words. Published on November 18, 2010. Nonfiction.
(5.00 from 1 review)
3:14 am is based on a real life incident that took place between 3:14 and 4:14 am on 1 June 1998.

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