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Goodbye to the family home
My parents have had their home (the house I spent the bulk of my childhood in in Loxton) on the market for almost two years, but it came as an almost complete surprise to get a message from Mum this week informing my and my brother that they had finally sold!
Review: Dark Emu
Bruce Pascoe's 2014 novel Dark Emu challenges the notion that, prior to settlement in 1788, Aboriginal peoples led a primitive lifestyle. On the contrary, Pascoe argues that Aboriginal peoples enjoyed a complex, enduring relationship with the land.
My year in review
As we come to the end of 2020, let me run through some key themes or thoughts about my year.
The Crown Season 4
Upon hearing that South Australia would be heading into (what was then though to be a six day lockdown), the most reassuring thought I had was that being forced to stay at home would give me the opportunity to binge the newly released season four of the Netflix prestige drama The Crown.
Great workspaces of Adelaide continued!
I have long been looking for many and various places to study or work, from cafes to public libraries.
Lessons learned by marking
I have spent the last two or so weeks marking undergraduate politics essays.
