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Two men met on a Port Adelaide ship — a Nobel and Apocalypse Now ensued
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. ABC Australia is the outlet attached so far. The first report grouped here was at 9 Oct 2026, 18:30 UTC. The headline in use is “Two men met on a Port Adelaide ship — a Nobel and Apocalypse Now ensued”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
When a young English lawyer crossed paths with a Polish sailor aboard a clipper ship at Port Adelaide in 1893, neither of them was a public figure. Only later did John Galsworthy and Joseph Conrad become two of the most lauded authors of their time.
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Two men met on a Port Adelaide ship — a Nobel and Apocalypse Now ensued
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