In last week's Monday Musings post I quoted from some explorers' journals. There's something wonderful about reading early impressions of a place - which in the case of Australia means the impressions of Anglo-European explorers, by sea in the late 17th and 18th centuries, and by sea and land in the nineteenth centuries. The impressions … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Explorers’ journals
Digital libraries
Monday musings on Australian literature: Australian Poetry Library (online)
It seems appropriate now, when I've been exploring the iPad app for TS Eliot's The waste land, to introduce the Australian Poetry Library website that was launched in late May. Essentially a digital library, it contains over 42,000 poems from over 170 poets. That's a pretty good start, particularly when the poets range from pioneers like … Continue reading Monday musings on Australian literature: Australian Poetry Library (online)
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