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    • Dr Derham Groves

    Honorary, Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning, University of Melbourne

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    Arts & Culture

    Walt Disney’s ‘love affair’ with Australia

    A new book explores the many – often surprising – connections between Walt Disney and Australia, most of which have faded from modern memory

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    Arts & Culture

    Homicide on Hydra

    A new book explores the more-or-less forgotten crime novels of one of Australia’s most successful authors, George Johnston

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    Arts & Culture

    Zanuckville: Australia’s strangest suburb?

    In the 1950s, the Hollywood Western came to Australia, but the cast and crew needed somewhere to stay. The South Australian government came up with ‘Zanuckville’

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    Arts & Culture

    Reframing the ‘Australian Ugliness’

    This year celebrates the 100 year anniversary of architect Robin Boyd’s birth. He was well-known for his scathing assessment of Australian popular architecture and design, but did Boyd eventually change his mind?

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