My aural introduction was Peter Allen’s song, ‘Tenterfield Saddler’. And most of you will know that ‘At Henry Parkes Motel’, Meaghan’s famous essay on mobility, comfort, desire and banality, is situated in Tenterfield where Meaghan’s early childhood took place. The overblowness of this song, the calculated ridiculousness of its nation branding via the melange of Australian animals—kangaroos, emus, cockatoos — all ‘up ahead’, only underscores the poignancy of the public secret of Allen’s homosexuality and his early death through HIV. The song, as you may have caught, may have felt, includes the heartbreaking camp of the transnational subject: ‘been all around the world and lives no special place’. And the recognition by that subject that the figures of their hometown, the grandfather living on manners, and the grandfather’s son — Peter Allen’s father who took his own life — have no point of belonging, no line of connection, ‘Except in this song’. If only Peter had read, heard, interacted with Meaghan. Today I would like to salute all the ways Meaghan has made it possible for the queers, swats, smartarses, girls, women, and those of us from the country and from public high schools — to be here. Meaghan has made it possible for us to imagine ourselves as both ‘here’ and ‘there’. And not just in a song.

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时间是旅行者：Meaghan Morris的本地性

我的听觉介绍是Peter Allen的歌曲“ Tenterfield Saddler”。你们大多数人都会知道，Meaghan关于移动性，舒适性，欲望和平庸性的著名论文“ At Henry Parkes Motel”位于Meaghan的童年时代发生的Tenterfield。这首歌过分夸张，通过澳大利亚动物（如袋鼠，us，美冠鹦鹉）的混杂，其民族品牌的计算荒谬可笑，这一切都突显了艾伦的同性恋及其因艾滋病而早逝的公开秘密。正如您可能已经捕捉到的那样，这首歌可能包含了跨国主题令人心碎的阵营：“遍布世界各地，没有特别的地方”。那个主题也使他们认识到，他们的家乡，祖父的形象以举止为生，祖父的儿子（彼得·艾伦（Peter Allen）的一生）毫无归属感，也没有联系，“除了这首歌”。如果只有彼得阅读，听到过与梅汉的互动。今天，我想向Meaghan致以各种方式使同性恋者，拍打者，聪明人，女孩，妇女以及我们这些来自该国和公立中学的人成为可能。Meaghan使我们能够将自己想象成“这里”和“那里”。不只是一首歌。Meaghan使我们能够将自己想象成“这里”和“那里”。不只是一首歌。Meaghan使我们能够将自己想象成“这里”和“那里”。不只是一首歌。