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AUSTRALIAN POETRY FLOURISHES

Great modern Australian poets Geoffrey Lehmann and Robert Gray presented an inspired and passionate talk at the Sydney Institute on 8 November 2011 in Sydney. This talk had the title "Are Australians Better at Poetry than Sport?" and centred on the landmark poetry volume they have edited: Australian Poetry Since 1788 published by UNSW. The talk can be heard in full on podcast link: http://www.thesydneyinstitute.com.au/podcast/are-australians-better-at-poetry-than-sport/ and the book itself is nearly twelve hundred pages of poems!