Dick Diamond

Richard Frank Diamond (27 July 1906 – 9 February 1989), better known as Dick Diamond, was an Australian writer best known for Reedy River.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.{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article259555094 |title=As warm as a handshake |newspaper=Tribune |issue=2078 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=24 January 1979 |accessdate=22 November 2023 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}

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.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)G. Lobl, taped interview with R. Diamond (1989, National Library of Australia)