Artist Talk & Light Refreshments: Luke Johnson
In Conversation: Luke Johnson on Kangaroo Unbound
11am Saturday 19th July 2025
Join poet Luke Johnson in conversation with Mara Davis Johnson as they discuss his new book, Kangaroo Unbound at the Jervis Bay Maritime Museum & Gallery.
Kangaroo Unbound is a collection of 50 poems by Johnson that take their titles and inspiration from legendary Australian artist Garry Shead’s iconic ‘D.H. Lawrence series of paintings and etchings which he produced in the early 90s in response to Lawrence’s 1923 novel Kangaroo.
This special event will take place among some of Shead’s paintings and etchings that inspired the poems in the Kangaroo Unbound exhibition, now on show at the Jervis Bay Maritime Museum and Gallery.
The event is free for the general public with a museum entry to be purchased on arrival. This also includes light refreshments. Museum Members and Annual Pass holders are free. Places limited, please register your attendance by completing the form below.
The event is free for the general public with a museum entry to be purchased on arrival. This also includes light refreshments. Museum Members and Annual Pass holders are free. Places limited, please register your attendance by completing the form below.
This event is presented by Boobook on Owen and Jervis Bay Maritime Museum. The Kangaroo Unbound exhibition is supported by University of Wollongong and the Art Gallery of Wollongong.
The Artist talk will be followed by light refreshments.
Tickets are no longer available for this event online. Please call the Museum if you are keen to attend.
