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Alice Kettle (b.1961)
Australian Landscapes II (detail)
Machine-embroidered hanging
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June 2004 Volume XIV Number 9

GETTING A DIFFERENT VIEW

 

Paul Cliff reveals how he compiled the National Library’s publication
A Different View: The National Library of Australia and Its Building Art

THE LAST COLONY: THE PORTUGUESE IN MACAU
  Stuart Braga tells the fascinating story of the world’s most enduring European colony
AN AMERICAN POET FINDS AUSTRALIA
 

Patricia Clarke describes Harry Roskolenko’s contributions to the Australian literary scene during and after the last World War

BEATING THE ODDS
 

Elizabeth Nelson listened to Peter Coleman’s sensitive interviews with the Australian writer known as Amy Witting before outlining her adult life and work

THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB: HOME OF Australia’s FOURTH ESTATE

Judy Cannon traces the glory days of one of our liveliest public forums

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