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28/05/2026
If youโ€™ve heard the news, you might know that the first few large-scale tunnel boring machines involved in the South Roa...
27/05/2026

If youโ€™ve heard the news, you might know that the first few large-scale tunnel boring machines involved in the South Road development have been named after three trailblazing South Australian women: Mary Lee, Catherine Helen Spence and Elizabeth Webb Nicholls, reformers who helped lead SA to become the first place in the world to grant women both the right to vote and to stand for parliament.

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๐Ÿ“š ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ: ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜›๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข โ€˜๐˜›๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ตโ€™ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜‰๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜™๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ด by Denise George

๐Ÿ“š ๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜Š.๐˜. ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ: ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜š๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ (1825โ€“1910), ๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ (1894) ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ (1894โ€“1910) by Catherine Helen Spence and Susan Magarey

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Did you catch the encore of the ABC Conversations episode featuring Peter Goers?๐˜ˆ๐˜ต 25, ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ...
27/05/2026

Did you catch the encore of the ABC Conversations episode featuring Peter Goers?

๐˜ˆ๐˜ต 25, ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฃ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ ๐˜–๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง.

๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฒ๐˜ถ๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ 143 ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ.

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ'๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ.

๐˜—๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜Ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜‰๐˜Š ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ 891 ๐˜ˆ๐˜‰๐˜Š ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ 20 ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด.

Head to ABC Conversations to hear this episode.

You can read more from Peter Goersโ€™ latest Wakefield Press title ๐˜๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ต: ๐˜ˆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด via wakefieldpress.com.au and at our Mile End store ๐Ÿ“š

New title: ๐™„ ๐™–๐™ข ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ก๐™š By Eileen Cummings, Jana Anvari and Claire Smith'๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜Œ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹...
20/05/2026

New title: ๐™„ ๐™–๐™ข ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ก๐™š
By Eileen Cummings, Jana Anvari and Claire Smith

'๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜Œ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ, ๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ. ๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ-๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ-๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ 15 ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ ๐˜›๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜Š๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ง ๐˜”๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ 26 ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ด. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ฆ.' - Senator Malarndirri McCarthy, Minister for Indigenous Australians

Pictured are Eileen Cummings and Claire Smith at Maloerroema Larrakia in Malak, Northern Territory, where the launch took place yesterday.

๐™„ ๐™–๐™ข ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ก๐™š is now available via wakefieldpress.com.au and at our Mile End store ๐Ÿ“š

Congratulations to Wakefield Press author Lyn Dickens on the longlisting of ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™’๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง for the Miles Franklin L...
20/05/2026

Congratulations to Wakefield Press author Lyn Dickens on the longlisting of ๐™Ž๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™’๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง for the Miles Franklin Literary Award ๐ŸŽ‰

Weโ€™re proud to be among such a talented group of writers and publishers also in the running:

โ€ข Discipline by Randa Abdel-Fattah
โ€ข I Want Everything by Dominic Amerena
โ€ข Tenderfoot by Toni Jordan
โ€ข First Name, Second Name by Steve Minon
โ€ข My Heart At Evening by Konrad Muller
โ€ข Fierceland by Omar Musa
โ€ข Little World by Josephine Rowe
โ€ข Elegy, Southwest by Madeleine Watts
โ€ข You Must Remember This by Sean Wilson

๐™Ž๐™–๐™ก๐™ฉ ๐™๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™’๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง is currently available via wakefieldpress.com.au and at our Mile End store ๐Ÿ“š

HOT OFF THE PRESS โ€“โ€“Blind Freddy: The Pottinger attainmentBy Adrian Mitchell __Who was blind Freddy?The likeliest candid...
19/05/2026

HOT OFF THE PRESS โ€“โ€“

Blind Freddy: The Pottinger attainment

By Adrian Mitchell

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Who was blind Freddy?

The likeliest candidate is Sir Frederick Pottinger, an unlucky or incompetent policeman hunting bushrangers at the time of the New South Wales goldrushes. It depends on your point of view.

He was the scion of an ancient and recently elevated family. His father had been knighted for services to British interests in the colonies, not least in extracting Hong Kong from the Emperor of China, and becoming its first governor. Freddy grew up in the glitter of that career, expecting to make something of a name for himself, and so he did. He disgraced himself, and was sent out to that part of the world which had been especially designed for the disgraceful. The colonials were not impressed. The Pottingers may have imagined theirs was a great family. That is how they viewed themselves; the locals saw them differently.

Now available in store and online ๐Ÿ“š

Thank you to  for hosting a wonderful talk with Wakefield author Rosamund Burton this morning at Ngutungka West Lakes.๐˜ž๐˜ฉ...
19/05/2026

Thank you to for hosting a wonderful talk with Wakefield author Rosamund Burton this morning at Ngutungka West Lakes.

๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ž๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, a memoir of Ros's epic trek along the Overland Telegraph Line from Adelaide to Darwin, is available online and in store ๐Ÿ“š

Our 2025 title Apron-Sorrow / Sovereign-Tea by Natalie Harkin has won the Indigenous Writers' Prize as part of the 2026 ...
19/05/2026

Our 2025 title Apron-Sorrow / Sovereign-Tea by Natalie Harkin has won the Indigenous Writers' Prize as part of the 2026 Literary Awards!

Congratulations to Natalie and everyone involved in bringing this important book to life.

You can purchase Apron-Sorrow / Sovereign-Tea via wakefieldpress.com.au, at our Mile End store or by phoning us on (08) 8352 4455 ๐Ÿ“š

HOT OFF THE PRESS โ€“โ€“The Night ParrotsBy Stephen Orr __1922. In the remote Australian outback, Pastor Martin Gerlach's he...
14/05/2026

HOT OFF THE PRESS โ€“โ€“

The Night Parrots

By Stephen Orr

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1922. In the remote Australian outback, Pastor Martin Gerlach's health fails. With no way in or out of his mission, his family and friends devise a plan to move him to the railhead at Oodnadatta. His son, fourteen-year-old Benjamin 'Benno' Gerlach, helps organise a cart and supplies and, along with his mother, the schoolteacher Ignatz Beck, Blind Silas and Jamy, the journey into uncertainty begins. All the time, Benno is forced to move beyond childhood as he faces the loss of his father, as he finds ways to articulate his love, and faith, and navigate a landscape of fire, flood, and his own secret fears.

Now available in store and online ๐Ÿ“š

Exhibition & Events ๐ŸŽจVisit a selection of events featuring artists from our Wakefield title ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™–๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™›๐™ช๐™ก ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ: ๐™‚๐™ง๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ง...
06/05/2026

Exhibition & Events ๐ŸŽจ

Visit a selection of events featuring artists from our Wakefield title ๐˜ฝ๐™š๐™–๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™›๐™ช๐™ก ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ: ๐™‚๐™ง๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™Ž๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™š๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™’๐™ค๐™ง๐™ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฅ ๐™˜๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™จ.

1. JamFactory Wednesday Talk with Jess Dare

๐˜‘๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ซ๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ (๐˜Œ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ 1985). ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ฎ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜›๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜‘๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ.

Event Info:
โ†’ Wednesday 20 May
โ†’ 12:15 pm โ€“ 1 pm
โ†’ Adelaide University: Jeffrey Smart Building

2. Beautiful Tensions: In conversation with Gray Street Workshop artists

๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜Ž๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜‘๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜“๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ข ๐˜๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ, ๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜“๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜›๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ข ๐˜˜๐˜๐˜”๐˜ˆ๐˜Ž ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜Ž๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜™๐˜ฐ๐˜บ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ.

๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜‰๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ.

Event Info:
โ†’ Sunday 31 May
โ†’ 11 am โ€“ 12.30 pm
โ†’ Queen Victoria Art Gallery at Royal Park, Launceston | TAS

Exhibition:
โ†’ Saturday 30 May โ€“ Sunday 27 September

Beautiful Tensions is available at wakefieldpress.com.au ๐Ÿ“š

๐Ÿ“œ South Australian History Festival ๐Ÿ•Š๐˜’๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜Š...
06/05/2026

๐Ÿ“œ South Australian History Festival ๐Ÿ•Š

๐˜’๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜Š๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ.

๐˜๐˜ต ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด. ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ญ๐˜บ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜š๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ, ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด. ๐˜‰๐˜ฆ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด, ๐˜’๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ช๐˜ต. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ญ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜บ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜จ ๐˜ด๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜บ ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ต.

๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ต. ๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ. ๐˜š๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜บ, ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ค. ๐˜•๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ช๐˜ต.

A Wakefield Press book stall will feature at this event.

Event Info:

Session 1
โ†’ Monday 11 May
โ†’ 11 am โ€“ 12.30 pm
โ†’ The Mercury

Session 2:
โ†’ Sunday 17 May
โ†’ 4 pm โ€“ 5.30 pm
โ†’ The Mercury

Head to wakefieldpress.com.au > Events to find out more info and register ๐Ÿ“š

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