Macdonnell wrote stories for The Bulletin under the pseudonym "Macnell" and from 1948 to 1956 he was a member of The Bulletin staff.
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Mettle At Woomera was re-released in paperback as Weapon Raid by Horwitz in 1979, using the name J. E. Macdonnell.
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Macdonnell began writing full-time for Horwitz in 1956, writing an average of a dozen books a year.
Richard Graves MacDonnell | Sorley Boy MacDonnell | Randal MacDonnell, 1st Earl of Antrim | Ray MacDonnell | Randal MacDonnell | MacDonnell Shire | Clive MacDonnell Dixon | Alexander MacDonnell, 3rd Earl of Antrim |
after=Sir Richard G. MacDonnell, CB
The cricket ground has a significant slope and was tried by the BBC to see if it would be suitable for filming the cricket scene in the production of A. G. Macdonnell's England, Their England.