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John Blay
John Charles Blay, writer and naturalist, was born in Parramatta, NSW on the 5th October 1944. He as written extensively about the Australian bush and it's people in drama, prose and poetry. He has served as a national Arts & Reviews Editor and has published photographs and stories in a range of journals, newspapers and magazines. In 1982, he discovered a new species of wattle, Acacia blayana, named in his honour.[]

Since 2001, he has been involved full time in researching the Bundian Way in association with local Aboriginal communities and as the Bundian Way Project Officer for Eden Local Aboriginal Land Council. His researches and bushwalks whilst investigating the important traditional route resulted in its official recognition and NSW Heritage listing in 2012.

Style
Blay’s prose writing focuses largely on place bringing together human and physical landscape and historical influences …. “the text is peppered with sensitive observations on the country through which he travels and the people he meets. Most of the writing is brisk and good humoured, including lively episodes which display the skills of a practiced playwright.

Prose

 * Part of the Scenery McPhee Gribble/Penguin Books,1984, ISBN 0 14 007642 5
 * Trek Through the Back Country Methuen Australia, 1987, ISBN 0 454 01236 5
 * On Track Searching out the Bundian Way, New South, 2015, ISBN 9781742234441

Drama
Screenplay - Bobby Thunderbold Arena Film
 * 1972 Vinegar Hill ABC Radio
 * 1972 Mayakovsky ABC Radio
 * 1974 The Journeys of Audrey D ABC Radio
 * 1974 Harpur ABC Radio
 * 1975 Doin' our Best to Deny It ABC Radio
 * 1976 The Great Village Dream ABC Radio
 * 1981 Bedbug Celebration, The Pram Factory, Melbourne, Victoria
 * 1987 Variations on a Theme of the Lyrebird ABC Radio
 * 1987 The Jazz Singer ABC Radio
 * 1988 The Fleet    Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) Radio

Poetry

 * Blay’s poetry has been published in a variety of anthologies, newspapers and magazines; including Australian Poetry Now Edited by Thomas W Shapcott, Sun Books, 1970 ISBN 0 72510106 7
 * The Australian Wildlife Diary, Wildlife Presentations, 1995

Essays

 * The Bundian Way: mapping with stories Science and Stewardship to protect and sustain wilderness values: Tenth World Wilderness Congress symposium, Salamanca, Spain, 2013
 * Moving Forwards, ICOMOS Conference 2013, Historic Environment 2014 (Vol26 No.1-2014)
 * AWAY on the Bundian Way (with Blackburn and Dorrough) in Marshall A.J. (ed.) Land of Sweeping Plains, CSIRO Publishing, 2014

Other

 * The Australian Native Plant Gardener's Almanac Wildlife Presentations, 1994
 * The Australian Native Plant Gardener's Almanac (2nd Edition), Wildlife Presentations,1995

Awards

 * Parks Writers Award, NSW National Wildlife Service and Literature Board of Australia, 1981
 * Bicentennial Commission, 1987
 * Australia History Award, 2002 & 2003
 * Heritage Volunteer Award, in association with others, 2012
 * Local Government NSW - Arts and Culture 2014, Interdisciplinary - Sharing Cultural Heritage (in association with Bombala Shire Council)