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Ivor Knight
Ivor Knight, born in 1934 in Perth, was declared a ‘neglected child’ in 1938 and placed in the custody of the Christian Brothers. He survived the Castledare, Clontarf and Tardun orphanages, being expelled in 1949. He worked on sheep and cattle stations, with a short stint in the navy, until he married in 1962. In 1968, he joined the Western Australian Prison Service and rose through the ranks to Superintendent. He was in charge of the prisons at Roebourne, Fremantle and Greenough. He took early retirement in 1991. He currently holds senior positions in a number of organisations, and is a Justice of the Peace at Midland.
Books available from Fremantle Press
- Out of Darkness 1998
From the Catalogue
Outdoor Reading in Freo
The National Year of Reading is about turning Australia into a nation of readers. Fremantle City Library invites you the launch of the National Year of Reading 2012 at their Outdoor Reading Room.
Indulge your love of reading this Valentine’s Day with a morning tea and talks by Susanna Juliano author of Fremantle Italians and Andrew Relph, author of Not Drowning, Reading
When: 10am, 14 February 2012
Where: Outdoor Reading Room, Kings Square, Fremantle
RSVP by 7 Feb: 08 9432 9766 or frelib@fremantle.wa.gov.au
