[Editor: This article by Arthur Phillips was published in Meanjin, Summer 1950.] Arthur Phillips The cultural cringe The Australian Broadcasting Commission has a Sunday programme, designed to cajole a mild Sabbatarian bestirment of the wits, called ‘Incognito’. Paired … [Read more...] about The cultural cringe [Arthur Phillips, Summer 1950]
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Australian Universities and the importing mania [The Bulletin, 20 July 1911]
[Editor: This article was published in The Bulletin (Sydney, NSW), 20 July 1911. The article attacks the practice of Australian institutions filling important positions with people from overseas, instead of appointing Australians.] Australian Universities and the importing … [Read more...] about Australian Universities and the importing mania [The Bulletin, 20 July 1911]
Australian poetry [7 August 1917]
[Editor: A report on a lecture giving a negative review of Australian poetry. Published in The Advertiser, 7 August 1917.] Australian poetry. On Monday night the Rev. Alfred Gifford lectured before the Poetry Society on “A Glimpse of Australian Poetry, from Harpur to … [Read more...] about Australian poetry [7 August 1917]
The Australian artist [13 November 1943]
[Editor: An extract from the column “Stories from Here and There: From a Reporter’s Note Book”, published in The Examiner, 13 November 1943.] The Australian artist There are indications which incline one to the hope that at last the Australian artist is coming into his … [Read more...] about The Australian artist [13 November 1943]