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Not to be confused with Dick Diamonde.

Richard Frank Diamond (27 July 1906 – 9 February 1989), better known as Dick Diamond, was an Australian writer best known for Reedy River.[1][2]

Diamond was born in England and migrated to Australia in 1914. He wrote plays, scripts and revues and worked as a journalist. He worked in Vietnam and China and was a member of the Communist Party of Australia.[3][4][5]

In 1945 he was secretary of the Victorian Actors' Equity union,[6] and state secretary of the Actors and Announcers Equity Association of Australia.[7] He was part of the protest against British and US transcripts flooding Australian radio and bringing a "threat to the further development of our national culture and artistic talent",[7] and limiting the number of overseas actors working in Australia.[8]

Diamond was mentioned in the Royal Commission Inquiring into the Origins, Aims, Objects and Funds of the Communist Party in Victoria and Other Related Matters, as having incorrect record of employment and experience.[9]

Select works

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  • Soak the Rich (1941), play
  • Jack the Giant Killer (1947), pantomime, with lyrics and music by Mat Nemenoff, which began a three-week run in December. It featured a dame, a fairy queen, and referenced the capitalist system.[10]
  • The Walls are Down (1958), book, a collection of short stories of character sketches of Vietnamese people.[12]

References

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  1. ^ Angela O'Brien, 'Diamond, Richard Frank (Dick) (1906–1989)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/diamond-richard-frank-dick-12417/text22323, published first in hardcopy 2007, accessed online 22 November 2023.
  2. ^ "As warm as a handshake". Tribune. No. 2078. New South Wales, Australia. 24 January 1979. p. 8. Retrieved 22 November 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ^ Mr Justice Lowe's Findings on Royal Commission into the Communist Party in Victoria, 1949', Actors' Equity of Australia (Victoria), Acc 84/44, box 30, folder 52/2 (University of Melbourne Archives)
  4. ^ G. Lobl, taped interview with R. Diamond (1989, National Library of Australia)
  5. ^ ""Reds control key unions"". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 32, 090. Victoria, Australia. 9 July 1949. p. 3. Retrieved 12 September 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Radio men resent criticism". Daily Mirror. No. 1367. New South Wales, Australia. 12 October 1945. p. 3 (Late Final Extra 2). Retrieved 12 September 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ a b "Actor protest". The Herald. No. 21, 164. Victoria, Australia. 17 March 1945. p. 4. Retrieved 12 September 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  8. ^ "Equity wants limit on oversea actors". The Herald. No. 21, 258. Victoria, Australia. 6 July 1945. p. 6. Retrieved 12 September 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  9. ^ "Reds disrupted industry. Probe judge finds". The Sun News-pictorial. No. 8611. Victoria, Australia. 1 May 1950. p. 2. Retrieved 12 September 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  10. ^ "Oriental plays staged". The Age. No. 28892. Victoria, Australia. 1 December 1947. p. 4. Retrieved 12 September 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  11. ^ "Something Australian", ABC Weekly, 16 (11), Sydney, 13 March 1954, retrieved 22 November 2023 – via Trove
  12. ^ "Magazine". Tribune. No. 1080. New South Wales, Australia. 17 December 1958. p. 6. Retrieved 12 September 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
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