Suzanne Nehl and John Burless, authors of “Plains of Fortune”

A change in lifestyle has led to another career for two people from very different backgrounds. Although both were born, and largely educated in Sydney, Suzanne grew up between country and city and John spent much of his early years in UK and Europe.

First meeting in Armidale, they and their families, finding they had many common interests in the arts and politics, developed a long lasting friendship.

In his youth John Burless worked for newspapers and studied anthropology, concurrently developing his passion for language and English literature. For over twenty years he was closely associated with administration in the Gulf Country, Cape York Peninsula and the Torres Strait. For many…