Canberra Friends of Dili recently got together at the Timor Leste Embassy in Deakin for a delicious Warming for Winter dinner, raising funds for medical and cultural activities in Timor Leste.
Hosted by His Excellency, Mr Abel Guterres, Timor Leste Ambassador, guests heard presentations from various speakers including local MLA, Chris Steel, about the inspirational work of Dr Dan Murphy’s Bairo Pite Medical Clinic. … Read more.
This year’s Canberra Writers Festival included former Canberran and Doug Anthony All Stars member, Richard Fidler (the ABC’s, Conversations), and Julia Baird, host of The Drum.
A keynote event (Ministry of Truth) hosted by ABC broadcaster, Dan Bourchier, provided lively discussion from Dutch journalist, Rutger Bregman and local journalists, George Megalogenis, Tony Jones and Katharine Murphy, covering many aspects of journalism and news, ranging from “fake news” to a brief outline of Tony Jones’s recent book (set in the 1970s Australia). … Read more.
Located in leafy Forrest (11 Tasmania Circle), Manning Clark House was the long-time home of the late Australian historian, Professor Manning Clark and his wife, Dymphna (a linguist) and their large family.
Surrounded by a large garden and designed in 1952 by architect, Robin Boyd, MCH nowadays plays host to a wide variety of functions such as book launches, conferences and seminars. … Read more.
Canberra is renowned for its magnificent autumn colours. This year is no exception and whether in the older parts of the city or the newer outlying suburbs, nature seems to be having its way.
Canberra’s colourful trees include exotic and native Australian trees such as Japanese Maples, Magnolia, Birch Trees, Maple, Linden Trees and Dogwood. … Read more.
Marking this year’s International Women’s Day, Charlotte Wood discussed her award-winning book, The Natural Way of Things, at a National Library event.
Speaking with The Guardian’s, Katherine Murphy, Wood described her experiences of writing the book, which focuses on 10 young women waking from a drugged sleep to find themselves in a run-down, Australian sheep station where they are isolated (no computers or telephones) and subjected to cruel treatment and hard labour from their male oppressors, including having their heads shaved and being tethered together. … Read more.
Hardly surprisingly, Cold Light (the third in the Edith Trilogy) by acclaimed writer, Frank Moorhouse, was a Miles Franklin Award winner. Set in 1950s-1960s Canberra, 700-page Cold Light makes for superb reading. Its main character, Edith Campbell Berry, has extensive experience in working for the League of Nations (before its collapse) and years living overseas (including in Geneva) with her British diplomat husband, Ambrose Westwood, where their work seemed to help save Europe during World War II. … Read more.
The Searchers Canberra concert was fun, with baby boomers and people of other ages keen to hear the band’s many hits from the early 1960s. And the fans weren’t disappointed. The group delivered in spades, belting out old favourites: Love Potion Number 9, When you Walk in the Room, Don’t Throw Your Love Away, the audience dancing in the aisles. … Read more.
This lovely old Queenslander in Hawthorne is a very comfortable and convenient place to stay when visiting Brisbane. Number 12 B&B is only three kms from the city, a short stroll to dining and shopping in nearby Hawthorne Road, or, Oxford Street, Bulimba and a short walk to the stop rivercat stop for the short trip to the city. … Read more.
Reckoning by comedian and actor, Magda Szubanski (especially remembered as Sharon in the ABC’s, Kath and Kim), is a stark reminder of the horrors of WWII and Nazi occupation of many parts of Europe, including her father’s homeland, Poland. Magda provides insights into many aspects of life, ranging from her father’s experiences of being “an assassin” during the war as he helped Jewish people escape Nazis as well as her mother’s Scottish heritage and the family’s life in Scotland before coming to 1960s Australia where they settled into a new, outer Melbourne suburb (Croydon). … Read more.
In Grant and I, writer and musician, Robert Forster provides fascinating stories of life with the Go Betweens, the Brisbane band which he and Grant McLennan formed in the 1970s. Forster’s use of language is exquisite as he traces aspects of his childhood from late 1950s Brisbane: a secure family life and education at a local primary school and Brisbane Grammar School and then teaming up at Queensland University drama school with Grant. … Read more.
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