I’m not here IF SHE HURRIES she may still eat today. She shuffles down the empty street, a small Vietnamese woman dressed... By Dominique Wilson
On the ground GLENN MACGREGOR'S HOUSE has stunning river and mountain views, neatly netted fig trees in the garden, and a collection... By Natasha Cica
The exotic at home EARLY IN 1982, when I had just finished Fly Away Peter and was writing back and forth to my... By David Malouf
Down-at-heel among the well-heeled THE SOUTHERN HIGHLANDS of New South Wales is a rural region with a reputation for city-style affluence. Most visitors,... By Peter Meredith
Stranger in a strange land YOU DON'T LOOK Chinese," said one of a small group of boys who had encircled me."I'm not," I said,... By Phil Brown
On becoming a Jew If you ever forget you're a Jew, a Gentile will remind you.– Bernard MalamudBROOKLYN LAUNDRY, 2002: Sometimes I am... By Lee Kofman
The angel in the travelling show IN THE NORTH of Queensland, at the cusp of the modern age, many singular events were recorded and others,... By Patrick Holland
Sydney and me FROM THE BEGINNING to the end of my twenties, I hated Sydney. It was a city whose high prices... By Lucy Lehmann
The Einstein canaries I FELT LIKE I should kiss her or hug her, but while I was still thinking she got in... By Andrew Belk
The fence I AM SITTING on the white wooden-frame and wire fence that runs along one side of our house and... By Shane Strange
Of Middle Eastern appearance Selected for The Best Australian Political Writing 2008 "DO YOU EVER wish you were fully Aussie?" This question was posed... By Randa Abdel-Fattah
Develop the north NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WAS high on the Commonwealth agenda in the 1950s and 1960s, leading to such projects as the Snowy... By John Carroll