“I had been working there for several months [in New York], in that climate of intellectual openness which is so astonishing to an Australian...” AustraliaIntellectualismSydneyCity LifeMelbourneCultural Cringe Book:The First Stone Source: The First Stone
“The two big cities of Australia are tonally as distinct from each other as Boston is from L.A. or Lyon from Marseilles.” CitiesAustraliaUrbanCitySydneyVictoriaMelbourneNew South Wales Author:Helen Garner
“I saw the bumpy shape of my skull, I saw myself shorn and revealed. I wandered in a dream around the city, glimpsing in shop windows a strange creature with my face.” UrbanCityDetachmentDowntownMelbourneDepersonalization Book:Monkey Grip Source: Monkey Grip