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* Contents derived from the 2016 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Fluid and Fake Identities in Early Australia,
single work
review
— Review of Rosetta : A Scandalous True Story 2016 single work biography ;(p. 18)'... With the publication of Rosetta: A Scandalous True Story, Rosetta Raphael joins the chorus of young colonial women who thrived as a consequence of identity alteration. Written by her great granddaughter, Alexandra Joel, this fictionalised biography begins in Melbourne in 1899, with the marriage between 18-year-old virgin Rosetta and her respectable older beau, Louis. ...' -
Departure from Nature to a Personal Landscape,
single work
review
— Review of Plevna : A Biography in Verse 2016 single work biography ;(p. 19) Section: Spectrum'Along with Robert Adamson, Anthony Lawrence is known as one of Australia's key romantic poets. As with earlier romantics, Lawrence, over several decades now, has been looking for a personal metaphysics in the untamed aspects of "Nature", its landscapes and its more dramatic creatures. ...' -
Meditation on the Search for Sanctuary,
single work
review
— Review of Asylum 2016 single work novel ;(p. 20) Section: Spectrum'... John Hughes' novella, Asylum, is no less astringent and tough-minded. It is a more abstract meditation on similar themes to those at work in Chasing Asylum but with an underpinning as much in philosophy as in any immediate political crisis. ...' -
Developing the Real Story of Australia,
single work
review
— Review of The Art of Time Travel : Historians and Their Craft 2016 multi chapter work criticism biography ;(p. 20) Section: Spectrum'A hundred years ago Germans described England as "the land without music", wrongly. But perhaps Australia could be termed the land without history. We have our commemorations, increasingly dominated by Anzac Day, and there is the ever-growing interest in family history. But - for ill as much as an unburdened good - historical consciousness does not inform our lives. ...' -
Turning Pages,
single work
column
(p. 21) Section: Spectrum'In these days, when you can see everything - and I do mean everything - on the internet, it seems strange that librarians once collected supposedly naughty books and locked them away from the public. ...'
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Dance of the Brolgas : A Father's Gift Forever,
single work
short story
(p. 21) Section: Insight'My father never attended an evening of ballet in a theatre. ...'
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Australian Story? The Joke's on Us,
single work
review
— Review of Error Australis : The Reality Recap of Australian History 2016 single work prose ;(p. 22)'Recent events might suggest that Australia has taken a turn for the worse, but Ben Pobjie lets us know that we have never really been up to much. His stint as TV columnist for this paper has given him the skills to approach the national story as if it were a parade of reality TV contestants, so his take is not so much black armband as red nose and spinning light-up bow tie: more than irreverent, it's mean and derisive. ...' -
The Worst Woman in Sydney,
single work
review
— Review of The Worst Woman in Sydney : The Life and Crimes of Kate Leigh 2016 single work biography ;(p. 22) Section: Spectrum'Kate Leigh (1881-1964) seems to have had some cracking criminal competition for the title of Sydney's worst woman, but the police bestowed the honour on her. ...'
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