MacDermott, Doireann

Coolabah

Revistes Catalanes amb Accés Obert

Coolabah, No.9, 2012, ISSN 1988-5946, Observatori: Centre d’Estudis Australians, 
Australian Studies Centre, Universitat de Barcelona 
 
 
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Bruce Bennett 
 
Doireann MacDermott 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
“Like wine, Australian Studies overseas can be said to have travelled well 
only if they are imbibed with pleasure by their hosts” So said Bruce when 
he and I travelled with a small group of European and Australian 
academics to Hungary in the spring of 1992. 
 
What better ambassador could Australia have than this quietly elegant, 
modest and courteous man who travelled so widely in the far corners of the 
world to extend Australian Studies? A great wanderer who was at the same 
time profoundly rooted in his own native Western Australia. 
 
A first meeting in Perth in 1980 and a last meeting in Barcelona in 2007. A 
wonderful day spent alone with him and Trish at their weekend hide-out in 
York, W.A. In between many others in different countries always imbibed 
with pleasure and admiration. 
 
His many friends in many places will never forget him. To have known 
him was a privilege. 
 
 
Trish and Bruce Bennet with Doireann MacDermott at York W.A. 1992 
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Coolabah, No.9, 2012, ISSN 1988-5946, Observatori: Centre d’Estudis Australians, 
Australian Studies Centre, Universitat de Barcelona 
 
 
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Trish and Bruce Bennett with Richard Nile 
Barcelona 2007. Imbibing in the Barceloneta 
 
 
 
Bruce Bennett with Doireann MacDermott, Richard Nile and Peter Kuch 
Barcelona 2007 
 
 


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