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Letter to Patrick White

Dear Mr White Your short story, “Miss Slattery and Her Demon Lover” is a fantastic story that was well worth reading.  The interactions between Miss Slattery and Szabo were quite entertaining, especially towards the end of the short story in the party. The slow but eventual success of Slattery in winning over Szabo only for …

Art and Literature

The typical reasons why people view literature or art is to enlighten, entertain or for the knowledge of what was written. Personally I usually read literature mostly for literature but I will read the occasional historical books for both the knowledge and the entertainment value it has. Typically after such books, I tend to dig …

First Class Marksman By Sidney Nolan

The painting by Sidney Nolan depicts Ned Kelly in a field looking down the barrel of his rifle in his iconic armour suit. Sidney Nolan seems to suggest that Ned Kelly was some sort of a monster, painting his iconic armour in black and the way he painted the more ‘human’ features of Ned.  The …

Garma Festival

The Garma Festival is a festival where people gather to learn about the indigenous culture. Many people across Australia attend the festival in order to discuss the many issues Australia faces. It essentially is Australia’s version of the World Economic Forum held at Davos in Switzerland. There, people will learn about the economic challenges that …