His The shipwreck party, 1989 title page (Liam Davison) preliminary page (b. 1957, Melbourne)
AustLit website, viewed on 27 March 2019 Liam Davison (Liam Davison taught history, English and creative writing in Victorian high schools and colleges. His short fiction won many awards and his first novel The Velodrome (1988) was shortlisted for the 1987 Australian/Vogel Award ; Along with his wife, Frankie, Davison was one of the 298 people killed when the Malaysian Airlines plane (MH17) he was travelling in was shot down over Ukraine) https://www.austlit.edu.au/austlit/page/A4544