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1970: Goodbye Beatles. And so long Janis, Jimi and Jim.

1970 saw the end of many things. The sixties of course. But also The Beatles, who announced their split in April. And Jim Morrison of…

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1969: Armstrong, Biafra, ‘Hair’, Stonewall, ‘Tommy’ and Woodstock

I've been having fun pottering around in 1969 to put together the Spotify playlist below. It's the fourth in my 'Back to Schooldays' series and…

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1968: From ‘Voodoo Chile’ to ‘Goody Goody Gumdrops’

I think the Spotify playlist below does a pretty good job of capturing the swirling crosscurrents of the Australian airwaves in 1968. From the psychedelic…

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A selection of published and previously unpublished works

Scotland 2018: a magical sixties birthday tour

If it had all gone smoothly there wouldn’t have been any stories to tell, would there? Despite the challenges and hurdles along the way, our three-week tour around the Scottish Highlands was a marvelous and memorable experience. The first challenge was getting there. Once she’d decided she wanted to mark her admission into the 60s club with a trip back to Scotland, Di found a reasonable three-leg business class fare.

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‘No Fixed Address’: where can you get it?

Here is a list of retail outlets that are stocking copies of ‘No Fixed Address’. Click on links for details. If you’re going into a bricks and mortar store, it’s always wise to check that they haven’t sold out and are awaiting new stock. To purchase an eBook (on Amazon or Ratuken Kobo) see this post. New South Wales BALGOWLAH: Berkelouw Books, Condamine Street BOWRAL: The Bookshop Bowral, Bong Bong Street

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The ‘No Fixed Address’ eBook

An eBook of ‘No Fixed Address’ is now available on Ratuken Kobo and Amazon. The Kobo version can be purchased from Rakuten Kobo and can be read on a Kobo eReader, a Kobo Books app or the Kobo Web Reader. Click on the screenshot below to go to the site. The Kobo preview includes the foreword, introduction, prologue and first chapter of the book. The Kindle version can be purchased

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Triple-treat at Her Majesty’s

There was a lot of love in the room at the Adelaide launch of ‘No Fixed Address’ and the opening of the related exhibition in the Wall Gallery at Her Majesty’s Theatre on 24 August. Main pic: Duckie Taylor, Graeme Isaac, Donald Robertson and Ricky Harrison. Pic by Peter Thurmer. An early arrival was original No Fixed Address sound engineer (and sometimes bass player) Duckie Taylor, accompanied by his cousin

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Yarning on the radio about ‘No Fixed Address’

Through May, June and July 2023, there was a swag of radio interviews done in Melbourne and Sydney about the book ‘No Fixed Address’. Links are below. Main pic above: Ricky Harrison and Bart Willoughby at ABC studios, Ultimo, Sydney, 6 July 2023. 3CR Melbourne #1 (5 May) Bart Willoughby waxed lyrical on No Fixed Address, music, life, the universe and everything on Robbie’s Thorpe’s Blak ‘n’ Deadly show on

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‘No Fixed Address’ – reviews and reactions

The critics are swooning over ‘No Fixed Address’. Links to print and online articles and reviews are below. ‘The story of this radical group is told in a new book by Donald Robertson. On the back cover Goanna’s Shane Howard describes No Fixed Address as “the tip of the spear” that plunged into the heart of middle Australia. And as a story, it’s got everything – starting with a fiery

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Addison Road Writers’ Festival 2023

Ricky Harrison and Sean Moffatt from No Fixed Address travelled from Gippsland to Sydney in mid-May to do some publicity for the ‘No Fixed Address’ book. On Saturday 20 May, Ricky and Sean joined me on a lunchtime panel at the Addison Road Writers’ Festival in Marrickville. It was a brilliant, memorable, session (superbly marshalled by Mark Mordue) capped off by a stunning two-song performance. The duo played Ricky’s songs

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‘No Fixed Address’: The Nullarbor crash

It was Easter 1982. No Fixed Address were on the road, driving back east from Perth, heading to Alice Springs.  This is the Prologue to No Fixed Address (Hybrid Publishers, 2023). To purchase a copy, click here  Although they’d been impressing audiences and slowly building a live following in Adelaide, Melbourne and Sydney for a couple of years, the release of the film Wrong Side of the Road the previous

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‘No Fixed Address’ – the playlist

The core of this playlist is a) songs recorded and released by No Fixed Address and b) songs performed live by No Fixed Address but recorded by others (i.e., Joe Geia, Bart Willoughby and Mixed Relations). It also includes songs by people the band played with, people they met along the way, and other significant songs mentioned in the book ‘No Fixed Address’. ‘The Vision’, No Fixed Address, Wrong Side

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