Acknowledgements

THE Go-Betweens’ concert at Queensland University in 1986 happened in the first half of the year, not in November. I moved it to place most dramatic events in summer. November in Brisbane is summer, despite the seasonal theory it is spring.

NO gambling boat The African Queen conducted business on the Tweed River in 1991.

AN SP bookie did work from the back of a butcher’s shop, a decade earlier, and in Brisbane not Tweed Heads.

THANKS for permission to include Go-Betweens’ lyrics:

From Streets of Your Town, and

From Twin Layers of Lightning, both written by Robert Forster and Grant McLennan, publisher Complete Music Ltd.

THANKS to my editor Eoin O’Brien. I backed a winner with Eoin, who is not only an astute and clever wordsmith, but also a multi-instrumentalist and a member of a rock band.

THANKS to photographer Russell Brown for his cover photo on first and second editions.

THANKS to Ian Curr for typesetting and layout help.

THANKS to designer Dhrupod for working with me to create the third-edition covers. We shared the ideas. The artistry and science belong to Dhrupod.