Paul Nooncree Hasluck

Paul Nooncree Hasluck was an Australian writer and editor. He was born in April 1854 and died on 7 May 1931. He wrote about technical subjects and was a pioneer in the "do-it-yourself" category.

Family

Hasluck married in 1883 Florence née Sparrow, who died in 1916. By her he had two sons. At some point prior to the publication in 1881 of Lathe-work: A Practical Treatise on the Tools, Appliances, and Processes Employed in the Art of Turning he moved to England, where at the time of his death, he maintained two residences: at 97 Loughborough Park, Brixton, and at Coopers Hill, Herne Bay.

Works authored

• Rustic Carpentry
• The Metal Turner's Handybook
• Electric Bells: How To Make And Fit Them"
• Lathe-work
• Practical Gas Fitting
• Mounting and Framing Pictures
• Practical Draughtsmen's Work
• Road and Footpath Construction
• Bookbinding
• Motor Bicycle Building
• Leather Working
• Practical Graining and Marbling
• The Wood Turner's Handybook
• Cabinetwork and Joinery
• Iron, Steel, and Fireproof Construction
• Practical Plumbers' Work
• Violins and Other Stringed Instruments - How To Make Them
• Basket Work of All Kinds
• Tinplate Work
• Upholstery
• Textile Fabrics and Their Preparation for Dyeing
• Taxidermy
• Bamboo Work
• The Mechanic's Workshop Handybook
• Painters' Oils, Colours and Varnishes
• Saddlery
• Knotting and Splicing Ropes and Cordage
• Practical Staircase Joinery
• The Automobile: A Practical Treatise
• The Model Engineer's Handybook
• House Decoration
• Dynamos and Electric Motors
• Wood Finishing: Comprising Staining, Varnishing and Polishing
• The Clock Jobber's Handybook
• Colouring Matters for Dyeing Textiles
• The Book of Photography
• Cycle Building and Repairing
• The Pattern Maker's Handybook
• Smith's work
• Sanitary Construction in Building
• Electro-plating
• Harness Making
• Beehives and Beekeepers' Appliances
• Lens Grinding & Mirrors for Astronomical Telescopes

Works edited

• Photographic Chemistry
• Manual of Traditional Wood Carving
• Cassell's Cyclopedia of Mechanics
• Cassell's Carpentry and Joinery