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Issue Details:
First known date:
2009...
6-7 June
2009
of
The Australian
est. 1964
The Weekend Australian
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* Contents derived from the 2009 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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Untitled,
single work
correspondence
Rodney Hall refutes a claim made by Alison Croggon in her article 'Theatre's New Stage'. Croggon stated that Hall had led a 'chorus of writers' in protesting against a change in direction when Playbox Theatre became the Malthouse Theatre in 2005. Hall says his complaint was not that 'the writer had been abandoned' in the change. His concern was 'the overwhelming percentage of public subsidy going to companies and orchestras catering for the top end of town, plus the desperate shortage of work for our actors'. Hall concludes his letter: 'Directors can produce whatever they choose. But I do believe that once the public purse is involved there needs to be a clear idea of the public benefit.'
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Writers on the Move,
single work
review
— Review of Brief Encounters : Literary Travellers in Australia 1836-1939 2009 selected work biography ; (p. 2) Section: Travel & Indulgence -
His Wicked, Wicked Ways,
single work
column
(p. 4-5)
Section: Review
Note: ports (Errol Flynn)
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Three of the Best,
single work
column
Peter Craven notes that 2009 is the centenary of the birth of three of Australia's 'most brilliant performers': Chips Rafferty, Errol Flynn and Robert Helpmann.Note: port. (Robert Helpmann, Errol Flynn and Chips Rafferty)
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The Fabulator,
single work
column
(p. 10-11)
Section: Review
Note: port. (Brian Castro)
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Artful Calibration of an Observant Child's Fears,
single work
review
— Review of The Weight of Silence 2009 single work autobiography ; (p. 10-11) Section: Review -
The Overflow,
single work
column
A column canvassing current literary news including a brief report of the launch of Harbour City Poems: Sydney in Verse 1788-2008 by Virginia Judge, the Minister Assisting the Premier on the Arts.
- Circle of Lovei"She longs to go back to the trapeze", single work poetry (p. 15) Section: Review
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Novelist's D-Day Dud Gets Another Shot at History,
single work
column
Simon de Burxelles reports that Nevil Shute's World War II invention, the Great Panjandrum, was re-created and detonated during British D-Day commemorations in June 2009.
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To Find Meaning in Life,
single work
review
— Review of On Resilience 2009 single work essay ; (p. 16) Section: Review -
Natural Way with Words,
single work
review
— Review of The Blue Plateau : A Landscape Memoir 2009 single work prose ; (p. 17) Section: Review - Adjust Racial Balance for a Clearer Picture, single work column (p. 19)
- Chk-Chk Bigotry Boom, single work column (p. 24)
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