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Nicolas Rothwell

Nicolas Rothwell is an author and a journalist for the Australian. His books include The Red Highway and Journeys to the Interior, and his coverage of Indigenous affairs has earned him a Walkley Award.
 
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The Blast Zone

Nicolas Rothwell

Stalker, which was made under the Soviet Union’s studio system in 1979 with limited resources, tells a science fiction tale in stylised...

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 Launch: The Red Highway. Nicolas Rothwell, with introduction by David Marr

Launch: The Red Highway. Nicolas Rothwell, with introduction by David Marr

In this Sydney Writers' Festival event, David Marr 'launches' Nicolas Rothwell's The Red Highway. Following this, Rothwell...

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The Monthly Essays

Into the Red: Haydn in the Outback

Nicolas Rothwell

“I suppose you think this is beautiful,” said Johnson, in a challenging voice.“Well,” I said, “it does have a certain primal quality.”We...

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 Nicolas Rothwell: On Fragments and Dust

Nicolas Rothwell: On Fragments and Dust

Nicolas Rothwell

Nicolas Rothwell delivers a fascinating meditation that touches on the place of the novel, the fading power of religious meta-narratives,...

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 Nicolas Rothwell (p2): On Fragments and Dust

Nicolas Rothwell (p2): On Fragments and Dust

Nicolas Rothwell

Nicolas Rothwell delivers a fascinating meditation that touches on the place of the novel, the fading power of religious meta-narratives,...

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The Monthly Essays

On Fragments and Dust

Nicolas Rothwell

Thoughts of this kind would always come to me after I had driven the narrow, ill-maintained highway through the Syrian Desert, towards the...

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The Monthly Essays

Travels in the Northern Realm: The Idea of the North

Nicolas Rothwell

Given such characteristics, it is no great wonder that Western incomers, over the past two centuries of concerted northern settlement,...

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The Monthly Essays

The Collector: Karel Kupka in north Australia

Nicolas Rothwell

This arrival, which would have life-changing consequences for Kupka, and open a new chapter in Western appreciation of Aboriginal cultures...

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