Volume 12 No. 1 — 1 May 1985

Some Remarks on the Late Great Hal Porter

Thelma Forshaw

Forshaw shares her personal reminiscences of Hal Porter.

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Published 1 May 1985 in Volume 12 No. 1. Subjects: Hal Porter.

Cite as: Forshaw, Thelma. ‘Some Remarks on the Late Great Hal Porter.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 12, no. 1, 1985, doi: 10.20314/als.72b770746e.

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