The 70th Anniversary of Max Brown’s ‘Australian Son’ It was just the other night that I was scrolling through Facebook, when I was delighted to receive a message from Ms. Lloyd. She was reminding me of the upcoming event to celebrate the 70th Anniversary of Max Brown’s iconic book, Australian Son. Mr. Webb, the El […]
Chester Eagle For the ideas and impressions stitched together in this libretto I am indebted to all those who have written about the Kelly outbreak, including J.J. Keneally’s The Inner History of the Kelly Gang, Police Superintendents Sadleir and Hare, and the Royal Commissioners of 1881, but above all to the late Max Brown, whose […]
Max Brown Buttered Toast: Stories and SketchesPublished in 1999 by Turton & Armstrong Pty LtdPage: 22 The occasion was the centenary of Ned Kelly’s hanging. I sent father Brosnan, of North Coburg, the following steal from an Irish poet and set out with my wife for the Quinns in Nowra: The world did gaze with […]
