Chris Thomas (author) Chris Thomas (author) Chris Thomas is an Australian writer, actor, journalist and broadcaster. Thomas was born in Perth, Western Australia. He has extensive acting and journalistic experience, working for mainstream newspapers, independent publications and as a freelance. He has also worked in media and public relations and as a radio announcer. He is author of the novel "Journo's Diary", the "Doctor Who" short story "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back"(published in the collection "" and the plays "Which One?", "Reality Matters", "Appetite For Destruction", "Who's Your Daddy?", "SMS Mess", "The Bonza Land of Oz", "Pickles" and "King Bling", published in
Albert Houtum-Schindler and died in 1916. During his work at the telegraph and mining operations, Houtum-Schindler travelled much of the country for long periods, during which he accumulated extensive amounts of geographical, archaeological, historical, linguistic, ethnographic, biological and financial data, and produced maps of various regions. The specialist library that he accumulated caused him to be frequently consulted for advice by European companies, foreign legations, and travellers; and he published over fifty articles in leading journals of the time, as well as writing articles for handbooks and reference works, including numerous articles for the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. In 1879, Houtum-Schindler was ordered