Talk:Judith Wright
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The New England region of NSW is not "so-called"; it is called this. 2006-06-11.
[edit] Education
This sentence: "After graduating Wright studied philosophy and history at the University of Sydney." Shouldn't that be after matriculating? You matriculate from high school, graduate from university? Another thing is her studies at Sydney Uni - I believe she ignored the syllabus and instead read every book mentoined in the Waste Land (a bit hazy on this, but pretty sure she did something exceptional like this) - and then went to Europe for a year, a formative experience. Anyone with access to the right books (I have none) can check this out and write something? PiCo 03:40, 12 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Down's Syndrome
In N.T.E James' biography "Judith Wright: a troubled poet" James explores the little known side of Wright's upbringing, her struggle with her mental disease of Down's Syndrome. This affected her as it was her disease which prevented her from perceiving the terrible treatment of the Aboriginals until she was older than a normal child would realise their dire situation. Her struggle was overlooked in light of her more significant struggle for Aboriginal rights, ATFER she one day realised what seemed innocent to her as a child loving her land was really quite sinister. James also explores how Wright overcame her down's syndrome through treatment as a child, and her ability to write poetry is a tribute to this.
