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Talisman

'Talisman' means lucky: the name of our house in Kallista.

Screen shot from 'Roget's Circular' Interactive CDROM (2001)

Bullocks were used to haul loads of wood up the hill to build the house. The outside weather boards are oiled dark, and panels of honey coloured plywood line the inside walls. Fireplaces in the main rooms connect to a central chimney, with each hearth over arched with a lithographic stone, etched with lines of trees backlit against wide horizons. Artist Jessie Traille was said to have made these for printing. She had a studio nearby 'Talisman'. My father tells me (in con.2006) 'of course, they were lovers'.

The Lake Pedder National Park declared in Tasmania. It became the cause of bitter controversy between the Tasmanian Hydro-Electric Commission and conservationists.

Sections of the Australian Labour Party split over party policy toward communism in the trade union movement.

The Federal council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders was established.

Barry Humphries created Edna Everage.

The Australian Almanac, Pub. Angus & Robertson 1985