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Introducing Judith Wright - Activist Poet of Recent Yore

Sunday, March 26, 2023

Many of us have passed the ‘Judith Wright Centre’ on Brunswick Street in the Valley…

however, how much do you really know about Judith Wright? Was she a poet? An environmental activist? Advocate for Aboriginal Land Rights?

Actually, she was all this and more, even helping to form the Wildlife Preservation Society of Queensland.

Professor Tony Hughes - d’Aeth the Chair in Australian Literature at The University of Western Australia joined 4ZZZ’s Eliot Rifkin, Toni Pankaluic & Ivana Daskalovic to chat about Judith Wright.

For a deep dive...

Here is Professor Tony Hughes d'Aeth's profile page and research portfolio

Depending on how deep you want to go you can either read a full comprehensive summary or a brief background on Judith Wright herself. Click here to read a online compilation of her poems or learn more about her longtime support for Aboriginal rights and environmental conservation.

Some of Wright's work that Tony recommends reading include:

*Note this selected work is only found in second hand bookstores.


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