"We have a long history of problems with the grog. Before Australia became a nation in 1901, in colonial parliaments drunken behaviour by members was largely tolerated," writes ROSS FITZGERALD.
My historical novel “A Most Immoral Woman” tells the story of Morrison’s passionate and unconventional affair with Mae Perkins, an independent and wealthy young American libertine, in 1904. It’s a tale that roams the landscape of a dynasty in decline, looks out over the battlefields of the Russo-Japanese War, and imagines a time when a woman’s forthright sexuality could be
A lecture by Harold White Fellow, Bridget Griffen-Foley, at the National Library of Australia, Canberra, 6 December 2003
This lecture was preceded by the launch in Canberra of Bridget Griffen-Foley’s Sir Frank Packer: The Young Master.