Watermark Literary Society in association with The National Library of Australia presents the first

Eric Rolls Memorial Lecture

Fire in 1788: the closest ally

to be delivered by Bill Gammage

National Library of Australia Theatre
Canberra
Wednesday 20 October 2010

Please be seated by 6 pm
No charge for admission
Refreshments served 7.15 pm to 8.15pm

Bookings essential for catering
fellow@watermarkliterarysociety.asn.au

Eric Rolls had a country mind and a country eye. He knew the bush as a great teacher, and he was forever alert to its sights, its sounds, its colour, its small clues and mighty themes. He had the rare gift of being able to inspire others with what he learnt, putting them on the way to understanding our country. He was an Australian.

Bill Gammage has written about Australian soldiers in the Great War, Narrandera Shire, the year 1938 for the Bicentennial history, and the Hagen-Sepik patrol in New Guinea. He is now working on how Aborigines made Australia until 1788. It is work Eric would have loved.