During the heyday of advertising in Sydney, when larger-than-life characters dominated the industry, Max Fulcher stood out for his eccentric brilliance. After a meteoric rise through the ranks of retailing in Brisbane in the early 1960s, he was appointed a director of Myer at just 28 years old.….

The American global economist David Hale is perhaps best known in Australia for causing its dollar to suddenly drop by a few cents in 2000, following some critical comments he made about the local economy….

During the nineteenth century in America, a “geek” was a carnival performer or wild man who would bite the head off a live chicken or snake—and swallow it. His job was to warm up the…

Interview with Hoki Tokuda. The Australian newspaper Entertainer Hoki Tokuda, the last wife of author Henry Miller, is alive and well and managing the exclusive Tropic of cancer nightclub in Tokyo. Mark Roeder tracked her…

This article by Mark Roeder appeared in What’s Next, a Yale University Press publication (2011) by David and Lyric Hale. At the dawn of the internet age in the mid-nineties, many pundits predicted that the…

An interview with Edmund Capon, Director of the Art Gallery of NSW by Mark Roeder for Graphics magazine The face is probably familiar by now. So is the red hair, and the ruddy complexion, and…

Interview with John Singleton by Mark Roeder John Singleton is one of those rare image-makers, who himself has a larger-than-life image. In fact, if you have lived in Australia during the past 30 years or…

Interview with Phillip Adams by Mark Roeder “Do you have anything that’s not 5,000 years old I could rest my coffee cup on?” I asked, furtively searching for a coaster before the interview began. “Use…

An interview with Max Dupain, Photographer by Mark Roeder for Graphics Magazine It’s difficult for the generations brought up in the Internet age, with its kaleidoscopic landscape of colours and digital imagery, to appreciate the…