Vale Chris Wallace-Crabbe
Rochford Street Review was saddened to learn of the death of Chris Wallace-Crabbe on 16 December 2025. Chris was born in Melbourne in 1934 and spent most of his life in that city.
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Vale Joan Cahill – David Gilbey pays tribute
Rochford Street Review was sadden to learn of the death of Joan Cahill. David Gilbey, President, Booranga Writers’ Centre, provided the following tribute to Joan.
Vale Susan Adams
The editors of Rochford Street Review were sadden to learn of the death of poet Susan Adams on Monday 7 December. The day before her partner, Les Wicks, had read some of her poems at the launch of Te Purere/The Exodus: The Anthology of Expatriate New Zealand Poets.
Vale Robert Gray
Mark Mahemoff remembers Robert Gray (1945-2025).
Vale Jan Dean
Rochford Street Review was saddened to learn of the death recently of Jan Dean. With permission we republish the tribute to Jan by Clark Gormley which first appeared in Hunter Living Histories.
Vale Eric Beach
Rochford Street Review was saddened to hear of the death of Eric Beach during the week. We will look to publish a full tribute to Eric in the coming weeks but, as an immediate tribute, we are republishing Etic’s poems, as selected by Rae Desmond Jones, which appeared in The Selected Your Friendly Fascist, Rochford Press, 2012.
Vale Breda Wall Ryan
Rochford Street Review was saddened to hear that the Irish poet and writer Breda Wall Ryan passed away over night. Breda was a fine poet who we got to know while putting together the Contemporary Irish Poetry Supplement for RSR in 2017.
Vale Gina Ghioni
Rochford Street Review and P76 magazine was deeply saddened to hear of the death of Gina Ghioni on 24 August 2024.
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‘Bring Me The Firmness Of Her Hand’: Tribute to Yasmine Gooneratne by Devika Brendon
Yasmine Gooneratne was a poet, a writer of short stories and novels, and a literary critic, editor and reviewer. Born in Sri Lanka in 1935, while the country was still known as ‘Ceylon’, she was educated at Bishops College School for Girls and the University of Peradeniya, where she was a dedicated student of English literature.
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