Eliza Dunlop’s poetry shows that as early the 1850s she was not only aware of, but actively opposed to, the ‘racially and ethnically exclusive construction of ‘Australianness’ and of the ‘native’ (that is, white Australian born)’ Continue reading
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Home thoughts from abroad
Each visit home is another stage in the grieving process Continue reading
Irish Films in BBC First British Festival Australia
Never has Ireland looked so colourful and sunny as it has in this film. Continue reading
Stories Told around the Fires of Time
one imagines that, as with all oral story-tellers, the verse tethers memory to the story’s emotional highs and lows. Continue reading