The Broad Bean Sermon, while not his best-known poem, shows why Les Murray is considered by some to be Australia’s preeminent poet.
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Francis Webb was the first Australian poet to openly discuss mental health crises and the stigmatisation of mental patients.
David Malouf declared John Forbes ‘the most elegant and inventive poet’ of his
generation.
Five Bells is an elegy for Kenneth Slessor’s friend Joe Lynch, an artist who drowned in Sydney Harbour in 1927 after falling from a ferry.
Oodgeroo’s debut collection We Are Going was the first ever book of poetry published by an Aboriginal person.
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Pro Vice-Chancellor (Indigenous), Australian Catholic University
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Indigenous Academic Lead Australian Catholic University, Australian Catholic University
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Professor in Australian Literature and Writing, The University of Queensland
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Senior Lecturer in Literary Studies, Macquarie University
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Professor of Writing and Literature, Deakin University