The Glamour and the Grot, Towards an Ethnography of the Gay Bars of Adelaide. Sociology Thesis. November, 1978. Pages 1-10.

The Greek Ambassador, London Gay News, Circa 1978.

The Elks, Refer to Drawer, Roadrunner, 1978.

A very early attempt at reviewing.

This was a very unfair review.

I was not good at music reviewing and I didn't know what I was talking about.

After a complaint from the band, the editor commissioned another review, which was much fairer.

Everybody makes mistakes. Everybody has to begin somewhere.

Despite this mishap, one of the editors Donald Robertson kept giving me work, mostly interviews I couldn't stuff up.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadrunner_(Australian_music_magazine)

Early fiction. The Occupant. Ash Magazine. 1978.

The Boys Next Door, Interview with Rowland Howard and Nick Cave, Roadrunner, 1978.

No Pleasure in Paradise, Klick! 1978.

Uncertain of date.

Funeral scams, Handwritten note to BBC reporter working on same subject, The Australian, 1997 Uncertain of date.

The Greek Ambassador, Passing Show, 1976.

Danger Dancer, Roadrunner.1976.

Not sure exact date. Think 1976.

Profile, Running for Editor of Arena, Macquarie University, 1975.

In this university of concrete, Macquarie as a Human Setting, Passing Show, 1975.

Policy statements for Arena election, 1975.

Reflections on the Election of Editor of Arena for 1975, Macquarie University, 1975.

Running for editor of Macquarie University student newspaper Arena, 1975.

End of Year Exam Results, Macquarie University, 1974.

John Stapleton tries a bit of mudslinging, Running for editor of Arena, Macquarie University, 1974.

Early short story, Glasgow, Passing Show, 1974.

Exam Results, Bits and Pieces, Macquarie University, 1973.

Letter from Geoffrey Dutton, 20 September, 1973.

Like many an aspiring writer of the era, I reached out to Geoffrey Dutton and was chuffed to get back this letter. He was known for his support of young writers, including Michael Dransfield.

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-geoffrey-dutton-1200357.html

GEOFFREY DUTTON was one of the most prolific, versatile and talented writers in the literary history of Australia.

His contribution to Australian letters was probably unrivalled in his generation - a remarkable output of nine collections of poetry, eight novels (three for children), and critical studies, biographies of Australian writers and explorers as well as of the American poet, Walt Whitman, travel books and works of art appreciation: over 40 publications in all including, in 1994, a disarmingly frank autobiography, Out in the Open.

Early Fictioin: Paranuit, Passing Show, Macquarie University, 1973.