I Literally Stumble Across Another Plaque to Conrad

I’ve posted before about how Joseph Conrad monuments and plaques crop up in the oddest places – being a Polish-born English naturalised novelist who had sailed the seas for many years before literary fame mean all sorts of places, often in Asia, can claim a Conrad link. Singapore’s claim is pretty brazen – see here.

Seems Sydney has a Conrad plaque too – and just as Singapore used a few minor quotes of Conrad’s about the island so Sydney has dredged up a rather forgettable quote about Sydney Harbour from one of Conrad’s more forgettable works, Mirror of the Sea.

Still, you never know, might inspire someone to pick up Conrad and give him a read….