I wanted to take a stand against what I think was not so well established then but is thoroughly well established now, which is the substitution for a real sense of a country of a hideous distortion which you can sell to the people called ‘heritage’.
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I started off in England and very few people knew I was Australian. I mean, the clues were in the poems, but they didn't read them very carefully, and so for years and years I was considered completely part of the English poetry scene.
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Birth: | 14th August, 1773 |
Death: | 20th March, 1844 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Lawyer, Politician, Soldier |
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