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Kathleen’s voyage: A love story

by Margot Riley

These beautifully illustrated logbooks record a detailed account of the circumnavigation of the world by the deep-sea cruising yacht Kathleen Gillett.

Detail: [The Kathleen Gillet in full sail], oil on card, Kathleen's voyage number 2, Thursday Island to Christmas Island, July-August 1947

Following the river

by Marika Duczynski

Darug people share a deeper story of Dyarubbin, the Hawkesbury River.

Dyarubbin, the Hawkesbury River, from above Sackville Reach, photo by Joy Lai

Instructions before forgetting

by Eunice Andrada

A poem.

Illustration by EM Mierisch

What about the sheilas?

by Elizabeth Fortescue

Peter Kingston couldn’t please everyone in his artist’s book Sheilas, but the result is a special piece of work.

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