Bruce Dawe

By lexicon

  • Born

  • Period: to

    Vietnam War

  • Joined RAAF

  • Published first collection of poetry

  • JFK assassinated

  • Referendum-the vote for indigenous australians

  • Started teaching at Darling Downs Institute of Advanced Education and the University of Southern Queensland

  • Moon landing

  • Period: to

    Shift from 'street poetry' to performance poetry

  • Ended teaching at university

  • Boarder security poem collection

  • Died