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Australian poetry classics: John Forbes’ On the Beach exposes the nation’s myths of convenience

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par Aidan Coleman, Senior Lecturer, English and Creative Writing, Southern Cross University

In this series, we explore influential Australian poems.

When John Forbes (1950–98) died of a heart attack at the young age of 47, he left behind a slim but remarkable body of work. He is still influential and widely read. His Collected Poems recently went into a fifth reprinting. A biography and anthology of his prose writings will be published in 2027.

Educated at De La Salle Catholic boys’ schools…

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