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Canberra lacks eccentrics says Marquis de Sade critic
The author contrasts Canberra with Sydney and Melbourne, arguing the city lacks eccentric figures and creative energy. He mocks Canberra’s boring public service culture, notes local oddities in Ainslie, and imagines where famed artists would thrive, if at all, in Rivett and Belconnen.
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Hyde Park
Canberra
Sydney
Abba
Wynyard Station
George Street
You
Ainslie
Ken Rosewall
Flasher
Jock Stalin
Airewalk
Stalin
Parks and Gardens
Molofglo River
Sean Rock-Wallaby
ANU
Commonwealth Bank
de Sade
Modigliani
Belconnen
Melbourne
Idi Amin
Henry VIII
Treasury
Bureau of Statistics
Iim