Sydney’s Mardi Gras might be Australia’s brightest beacon of freedom for gays and lesbians, but at the Adelaide Festival last weekend there was a haunting reminder that the journey to equality began 50 years ago on the Torrens River.
Watershed: The Death Of Dr Duncan is an oratorio commemorating the drowning in that watercourse of Dr George Duncan, a British-born law lecturer at the University Of Adelaide.
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Michael Bailey writes on arts and culture, and edits Weekend Fin. He is a former editor of the Financial Review Rich List. He is based in Sydney. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at m.bailey@nine.com.au
