The statue stands at street level, embodying an ongoing presence. They are casual, approachable and engaged, as if in conversation with the community.
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This celebration of public life in Melbourne’s Fitzroy, in 1974, reveals a vigorous working-class suburb evolving into a countercultural marvel of cheap ‘fixer-uppers’ and bohemian share houses.
In Women and Children, Tony Birch is unequivocal about domestic violence: when everyone knows someone is in trouble, there is a collective duty to do something about it.
Ken Cameron’s film of Helen Garner’s Monkey Grip is dark, yearning, weird – and incredibly sexy – writes Ronnie Scott.
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