Paul Nooncree Hasluck

Paul Nooncree Hasluck (April 1854 – 7 May 1931) was an Anglo-Australian writer and editor. He was born in Australia in April 1854 but moved to the UK before 1881, and lived there till his death in London on 7 May 1931. He wrote about technical subjects and was a pioneer in the "do-it-yourself" category.

Hasluck was the editor of Work (1892–1909) and Building World, (1895–1909), as well as being secretary of the Institution of Sanitary Engineers and a fellow of the Institute of Journalists.

Family
Hasluck married in 1883 Florence née Sparrow, who died in 1916. By her he had two sons. At some point prior to the publication in 1881 of Lathe-work: A Practical Treatise on the Tools, Appliances, and Processes Employed in the Art of Turning he moved to England, where at the time of his death, he maintained two residences: at 97 Loughborough Park, Brixton, and at Coopers Hill, Herne Bay.

Works authored

 * Microscopes and Accessories, How To Make and Use Them, published by Cassell and Company as part of "Work Handbooks" series, Preface dated 1905
 * Rustic Carpentry
 * The Metal Turner's Handybook
 * ''Electric Bells: How To Make And Fit Them"
 * Lathe-work
 * Practical Gas Fitting
 * Mounting and Framing Pictures
 * Practical Draughtsmen's Work
 * Road and Footpath Construction
 * Bookbinding
 * Motor Bicycle Building
 * Leather Working
 * Practical Graining and Marbling
 * The Wood Turner's Handybook
 * Cabinetwork and Joinery
 * Iron, Steel, and Fireproof Construction
 * Practical Plumbers' Work
 * Violins and Other Stringed Instruments - How To Make Them
 * Basket Work of All Kinds
 * Tinplate Work
 * Upholstery
 * Textile Fabrics and Their Preparation for Dyeing
 * Taxidermy
 * Bamboo Work
 * The Mechanic's Workshop Handybook
 * Painters' Oils, Colours and Varnishes
 * Saddlery
 * Practical Staircase Joinery
 * The Automobile: A Practical Treatise
 * The Model Engineer's Handybook
 * House Decoration
 * Dynamos and Electric Motors
 * Wood Finishing: Comprising Staining, Varnishing and Polishing
 * The Clock Jobber's Handybook
 * Colouring Matters for Dyeing Textiles
 * Cycle Building and Repairing
 * The Pattern Maker's Handybook
 * Smith's work
 * Sanitary Construction in Building
 * Electro-plating
 * Harness Making
 * Beehives and Beekeepers' Appliances
 * Lens Grinding & Mirrors for Astronomical Telescopes
 * Beehives and Beekeepers' Appliances
 * Lens Grinding & Mirrors for Astronomical Telescopes

Works edited

 * Photographic Chemistry
 * Manual of Traditional Wood Carving
 * Cassell's Cyclopedia of Mechanics
 * Cassell's Carpentry and Joinery
 * The Handyman's Book of Tools, Materials, and Processes Employed in Carpentry, Joinery, and Cabinet Work