Tag Archives: Sydney

I live in one of the most beautiful places on Earth…

Posted on October 15, 2007 by

Or so we tell people. That’s Fort Denison, in the early days of the colony a punishment island nicknamed “Pinchgut” and then in the 1850s the fort was built to defend Sydney Harbour against a Russian invasion. Something to do … Continue reading →

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Friday Australian poem #8: Kenneth Slessor (1901-1971)

Posted on September 28, 2007 by

Reading aloud this moving elegy on a dead friend and colleague of Slessor — Joe Lynch, who fell or jumped into Sydney Harbour from a ferry while drunk — became one of my better party tricks in senior poetry classes. … Continue reading →

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