Author Paul Carter

Paul Carter

Paul Carter is an historian, writer, philosopher and artist currently engaged in his own creative research practice, “Material Thinking”. He has authored many books concerned with Australian history, places and identity, including The Road to Botany Bay (1987), The Lie of the Land (1996), and most recently, Dark Writing (2008).

Ardea

December 2009

Paul Cox Dossier, Special Dossiers

Ardea cinerea is the scientific name of the Grey Heron found in Europe. In Human Touch (2004) a heron alights for a moment on a stone basin in the garden – an Australian species no doubt but when I observed the...