My thanks to the management and staff of Sydney Living Museums and to YoungPhil Jang of Sydney Msa for the opportunity to take part in the Thomas Keneally Centre (TKC) series of author talks in the magnificent dining room at Elizabeth Bay House…
Leura author Julian Leatherdale’s latest novel, Opal Dragonfly, is inspired by Elizabeth Bay House and the other grand villas of Sydney’s Woolloomooloo. Inspired in part by the story of the brilliant and arrogant Sir Thomas Mitchell, Surveyor-General of NSW, Leatherdale was fascinated that such a high-profile colonial…
Allen & Unwin have done such a beautiful job on the cover of "The Opal Dragonfly" - thanks to the clever designer Nada Backovic. Everything I dreamed of. And A&U have featured the cover on the March 2018 issue of their New Books brochure. https://www.allenandunwin.com/au-media/new-books-brochure The book itself is…
I was delighted to be a guest speaker at the last meeting for 2017 of the City of Sydney Historical Asssociation at the Sydney Mechanics School of Arts (SMSA) on Saturday 9 December. An audience of some 40-50 people attended and enjoyed my 'Hydro Majestic' illustrated talk with lots of challenging questions and post…
I was very happy with the reception for my talk on my Hydro Majestic research for Palace of Tears - now accompanied by a refreshed Powerpoint presentation - at three events in October/November: I was a guest of the Kur-ing-ai Historical Society at Gordon with an audience of some 80 members in the Old Gordon Public…