The Spencer Street End

The Spencer Street End

Setting the Stage

Why the Victorian Treaty is not just a political moment, but a moral and literary one.

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Daniel James
May 08, 2026
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I was fortunate enough to be asked to present some opening remarks about the event I’m curating for the Melbourne Writers Festival on its opening night at the resplendently dilapidated Athenaeum Theatre on Thursday. I was given a chance not to only speak about the event, but to speak about the moment Treaty finds itself in.

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