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After years teaching Romantic poetry at the Technical University of Cape Town, David Lurie, middle-…
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After years teaching Romantic poetry at the Technical University of Cape Town, David Lurie, middle-…
Antigone Kefala’s writing is remarkable for its clarity, intensity and austerity. Intimate in its recollections, social in nature, the Journals establishes her as one of Australia’s great diarists. Antigone Kefala has written four works of …
View Books by Antigone KefalaCraig Sherborne’s books include The Amateur Science of Love, Bullion and Necessary Evil. His memoir Hoi Polloi was shortlisted for two literary awards, and its sequel, Muck, won the Queensland Premier’s Literary Award for Non-Fiction. Sherborne…
View Books by Craig SherborneJack Davis (1917–1999) began writing when he was fourteen years old. The fourth child in a family of eleven, he spent his childhood in the West Australian mill town of Yarloop. He worked for several years as a stockman in the north before returning…
View Books by Jack DavisDorothy Hewett achieved distinction as a playwright, poet and novelist. Her stage works include The Chapel Perilous, Mrs Porter and the Angels, Bon-Bons and Roses for Dolly, The Golden Oldies, Pandora's Cross, The Man from Mukinupin, Golden Valley, …
View Books by Dorothy Hewett'Without doubt Judy was the worst of the seven, probably because she was the cleverest.' Her father…
Teacher ResourceA.B. 'Banjo' Paterson was born at Narrambla Station near Orange in New South Wales. He worked as a lawyer's clerk before becoming a solicitor. After the publication of The Man From Snowy River and Other Verses in 1895, he became something of a …
View Books by A.B. PatersonDaisy's life story runs along the bottom of the pages: how she was born on a mission, schooled, …
Teacher ResourceA landmark anthology of Australian literary writing across all genres from over two centuries, this …
EssayPeter Minter is a prize-winning poet, editor and reviewer. He is the author of several collections of poetry including blue grass, Empty Texas and Rhythm in a Dorsal Fin, was the editor of the Varuna New Poetry series, a founding editor of Cordite …
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