Author Biography

About the Author

Colin Bevan OAM was born in a small country town named Pittsworth on the fertile Darling Downs in south-east Queensland.  Following the destruction of their jewellery business by fire, the family was forced to move to Brisbane where he was educated to university entrance standard.  His first employment was as a young head teacher of small country schools in North Queensland, followed by a short period as a Queensland Department of Education Research and Guidance Officer, then appointment as that State’s first Chief Probation and Parole Officer for the Department of Justice. He retired as Assistant Director of the Australian Institute of Criminology in the nation’s capital, Canberra, ACT.  He is twice married with five children and a step-son and now lives happily in retirement on his two-acre property in the hinterland of Queensland’s Gold Coast.

Sadly, Colin passed away on 30 April 2016.