Biography

Name: Wayne John Mclennan.
Born 1954, Cessnock N.S.W Australia
Grandfathers, father, uncles, cousins: coalminers.
Education: High School.

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Amateur Boxer

1968 - 1970
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Tractor Driver

Worked as a tractor driver/assistant store man in transport company.
1972
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Boxed Professionally

1973 - 1975
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Bank of N.S.W

Worked in the Bank of N.S.W. as a teller in Australian bush communities.
1973 - 1976
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Bar Tender

Worked as a bartender/ tractor driver/ bread deliverer.
1976 - 1977
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Lived in London

Unloading trucks/ furniture removal/ bartender/ construction worker. Trip around Europe in my Ford transit van: just like a million other Australians.
1977 - 1979
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Moved to Seattle USA

Planted pine tree’s/ dishwasher/office cleaner/formed a plan with a friend to row a boat from Seattle to Juneau Alaska. Had a row boat constructed.
1979
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Rowed a boat to Alaska

1980
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Worked in Juneau Alaska

Worked in Juneau Alaska as a deckhand on a fishing boat/ construction.
1980 - 1981
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Moved to Costa Rica

Worked as a gold miner. Met my Dutch wife.
1982 - 1985
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Moved back to Australia

Worked as a meat worker/bartender.
1985
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Moved to Holland Married

1986
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McLennan's Pure Silk, Amsterdam

Became owner and manager of a silk material shop Mclennan’s in Amsterdam.
1986 - 1995
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Moved to Nicaragua

Became owner and operator of a fishing boat on the Miskito coast./bought and sold gold/ became a trainer at the local boxing club. Re-built and modernized the boxing club with development aid.
1995 - 1997
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Moved to Estonia

Purchased and rebuilt 2 apartments/started writing.
1997 - 1999
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Published: Dood van Juan Bravos

2002
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Published: Rowing to Alaska

2005
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Traveled through Queensland Australia.

Traveled with a boxing tent through Queensland Australia.
2005
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Published: Tent Boxing.

Also published in translation under title Prijsvechten een Australische Reis.
2007
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Published: Zuivere Zijde (Dutch)

2015
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Lived in Panama city Panama

Managed two professional boxers- Jonothon 'Agua' Arias a Dominican flyweight and Olga 'La Cobra' Julio a female Colombian flyweight. Olga has boxed four times for a world title.
Next time lucky.

2017 - 2019
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Published: Een Nacht bij de Rivier (Dutch)

2018