, ▁of ▁Ab original , ▁Scottish ▁and ▁Irish ▁her itage . ▁He ▁ident ifies ▁as ▁a ▁N uk un u ▁man ▁as ▁he ▁was ▁born ▁on ▁N uk un u ▁land ▁in ▁the ▁Southern ▁Fl ind ers ▁R anges ▁and ▁raised ▁within ▁the ▁N uk un u ▁culture . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁inspired ▁by ▁seeing ▁the ▁play ▁Fun er als ▁and ▁Circ uses ▁by ▁Arr ern te ▁play w right ▁Roger ▁Ben nett ▁when ▁on ▁a ▁school ▁exc urs ion ▁to ▁the ▁Ad ela ide ▁Fr inge ▁Festival ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 2 ▁and ▁decided ▁to ▁study ▁the ▁human ities ▁and ▁writing . ▁After ▁excell ing ▁in ▁his ▁under grad uate ▁B A ▁degree ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Ad ela ide , ▁he ▁worked ▁for ▁the ▁Fr inge ▁for ▁a ▁while ▁before ▁gain ing ▁a ▁tra ine es hip ▁to ▁work ▁as ▁an ▁editor ▁of ▁a ▁publication ▁at ▁the ▁T and anya ▁National ▁Ab original ▁Cultural ▁Institute , ▁where ▁he ▁developed ▁a ▁love ▁of ▁visual ▁arts . ▁ ▁Working ▁at ▁Ad ela ide ▁University ▁as ▁an ▁academic ▁ad visor , ▁he ▁en rolled ▁for ▁a ▁Masters ▁degree ▁in ▁Creative ▁Writing ▁and ▁wrote ▁plays . ▁His ▁work ▁Love , ▁Land ▁and ▁M oney ▁was ▁later ▁produced ▁for ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 2 ▁Ad ela ide ▁Fr inge ▁Festival . ▁After ▁having ▁po ems ▁and ▁short ▁stories ▁published ▁in ▁several ▁anth ologies , ▁he ▁started ▁foc using ▁on ▁nov els , ▁and ▁his ▁first ▁novel , ▁S weet ▁Guy ▁( 2 0 0