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Richard Zachariah: The Vanished Land

Date/Time: Thursday, 17 May 2018, 6:00 pm

Location: Ira Raymond Exhibition Room, The Barr Smith Library

Cost: $5 at the door

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Friends of the Library and members of the public are invited to a session with author Richard Zachariah.

The Vanished Land refers to the Western District of Victoria, stripped of its identity, its social elite of grazing dynasties departed for their own reasons. This melancholy exodus has increased recently as the myriad pressures of holding inherited land have become intolerable in a nation never intimidated by ditching its past. The Vanished Land is a human tale of leaving, of a disconnect with the land, of submerged anguish and inhibited grief; a private story of loss told for the first time.

Richard Zachariah spent many years of his youth in the Western District of Victoria, attending Hamilton College and moving among many of the families in the area. He has been a journalist, broadcaster and television host, becoming a well-known media identity, and is a lifelong racing fanatic. He has lived in London, Sydney and Melbourne, and now lives in South Australia with his partner, Sarah, on a vineyard and horse breeding property in the Adelaide Hills.

Please RSVP by 15 May to friends_library@adelaide.edu.au or phone 8313 6356.

Contact: Mr Paul Wilkins, Email: friends_library@adelaide.edu.au, Secretary, Friends of the University of Adelaide Library