Noel Rowe Comments

Noel Rowe (20 June 1951 – 11 July 2007) , born in Macksville (northern New South Wales, Australia) , lived in Sydney, and was Senior Lecturer in Australian Literature at the University of Sydney where he was also awarded the University Medal (1984) and doctorate (1989) . Before becoming an academic, Rowe was a Roman Catholic priest in the Marist Order.

Noel Rowe (1951-2007) was an inspirational teacher of Australian Literature in the Department of English at the University of Sydney from 1986 to 2007. He was one of the first to teach creative writing courses in poetry at the University of Sydney, through which he encouraged and mentored new poets with humour, wisdom and insight.