Two today's news events - provoking memories:
(1) A woman set alight in Chippendale
Chippendale was the location of my art gallery ("Esa Jaske Gallery"). This attack
happened just a few hundred metres from it.
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| Esa Jaske Gallery. Terry Burrows Exhibition. . |
"A woman who was set ablaze by a man in a Sydney street is in a critical but stable condition in
hospital this afternoon, say police.
Bystanders rushed to help the 33-year-old woman as she screamed in pain after being set alight in
Chippen Street, Chippendale, in Sydney's inner west at 9.45pm yesterday.
The 33-year-old woman suffered severe burns to her upper body and was in Concord Hospital's
burns unit in a critical but stable condition.
Police said the woman, a Korean national, was walking in Chippen Street when a man approached
her from behind, doused her with an accelerant and set her alight.
The woman was taken into the Golden Flower brothel, where police said an employee put out the
flames with water, wrapped her in towels and called emergency services.
Acting Superintendent Leanne McCusker of Redfern Local Area Command said the woman was
targeted, and it was "not a random attack".
She said investigators had yet to speak to the woman and it was "unclear" what links she had with
the attacker.
The woman suffered "significant" injuries to her upper body and face. Her family in Korea have
been informed and are making plans to come to Sydney.
A man was seen running into nearby Meagher Street.
He was described as medium build, wearing white joggers, long dark pants and a long sleeved
hooded jacket."
STEPHANIE GARDINER The Daily Advertiser
(2) Margaret Whitlam Funeral Service.
I'll always remember being seated next to Margaret Whitlam at one of the Art
Gallery of New South Wales concerts, and her making a totally casual remark on
something to me. Nothing more, but still...
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| Margaret Whitlam (1919 - 2012) . |
"Beyond her patrician grace, commanding presence, quickness of mind and sharpness of tongue,
Whitlam was fervently, and remains forever, one of us. A national swimming champion, war bride,
outer-suburban mum, social worker, arts patron, writer, television host, tour leader, activist and
stirrer, she was, at heart, of the community and for the community.
In their prime, Gough and Margaret were giants, towering over the landscape, at home or abroad,
two outsized personalities during a tumultuous era of possibility and despair. While he tended to
grandiosity, she brought dignity to the pairing; he was idolised and demonised along partisan
lines, she was a respected model of equanimity."
TOM DUSEVIC The Australian
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