Dorothea Mackellar’s poem from 1908, My Country, is famous in Australia despite its outmoded colonial assumptions. Many people are able to quote its lines about ragged mountain ranges ...

In his latest book, Peter Kirkpatrick retrieves from Australian cultural history the compelling figure of the “ wild reciter ”, as a reviewer in the 1920s termed amateur elocutionists.

Nursery rhymes teach children all manner of things using the language of poetry, writes Australian author and researcher Virginia Lowe.

The third volume in π.O.’s epic trilogy, 'Heide' is a long poem about the people who made modern art happen in Australia. (L): Greek Australian poet π.ο (Pi.O.) during the "Heide"presentation ...