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This is the story of a wonderful South Australian woman who devoted much of her talents, energy and creativity to working with community groups. Members of Margaret Lurline Davey's family were extremely civic minded, a trait which she exhibited throughout her life.
Two organisations with which Margaret worked for long periods were the National Council of Women and The Young Women's Christian Association. It was with the latter organisation that her creative and interpersonal skills became evident, namely being the spirit behind the Christmas Festivals which delighted thousands of children and adults.
Finding our way back to compassion, hope and humanity
Duncan
McKellar
'It was a disaster from the word go,' Barb Spriggs said when telling the story of her husband Bob's admission to the Oakden Older Persons' Mental Health Service in Adelaide. Barb had no idea that her story would launch a landmark inquiry, The Oakden Report, trigger a Royal Commission, and place her at the centre of a national scandal. ...
This history of the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra tells the story from its creation through to the world-class ensemble that performs today. Paul Blackman's background as a long-serving ASO musician, player representative and member of management places him in an ideal position to recount the orchestra's history. ...
An Uncommon Dialogue is Debra Drake's gripping autobiographical account of two years in psychotherapy. Told as dialogue between Debra and her psychiatrist, and as dialogue with her mother and sister, it explores Debra's emotions following the sisters' prolonged sexual abuse as children, by their mother's sexual partners. ...
The Sentimental Bloke and Doreen are famous characters in Australian popular culture, but their creator deserves to be better known. C.J. Dennis transformed the larrikin from a street thug into a respectable image of Australian identity, and helped shape the Anzac legend. ...
The Sentimental Bloke and Doreen are famous characters in Australian popular culture, but their creator deserves to be better known. C.J. Dennis transformed the larrikin from a street thug into a respectable image of Australian identity, and helped shape the Anzac legend. ...
The Sentimental Bloke and Doreen are famous characters in Australian popular culture, but their creator deserves to be better known. C.J. Dennis transformed the larrikin from a street thug into a respectable image of Australian identity, and helped shape the Anzac legend. ...
In Andrew Bovell: The alchemy of collaboration, Australian artists and filmmakers pay tribute to one of Australia's greatest writers for stage and screen. Andrew Bovell's credits include the landmark film Lantana and the award-winning play When the Rain Stops Falling. He adapted Kate Grenville's book The Secret River for stage and John le Carre's A Most Wanted Man for the big screen. ...
An Australian hero, his men, and their two world wars
Andrew
Faulkner
Gallipoli hero, Victoria Cross recipient, battalion and brigade commander, conqueror of Damascus and defiant antagonist of the Japanese - by any measure Arthur Seaforth Blackburn was one of A...
Friedrich Gerstäcker, the most illustrious and prolific of German travel writers, set foot in Australia in March 1851, having walked across the Andes, traipsed the goldfields of California, and sailed over the Pacific in search of new adventures.
Gerstäcker found adventures aplenty in Australia. He rowed and trekked down the Murray, absorbed the excitement triggered by the discovery of gold, visited his countrymen in South Australia, and trained his outsider's eyes on a colonial society gripped by profound change. ...
