Martin R. JohnsonMartin R. Johnson was born at Gawler, north-east of Adelaide, in 1950. The first 12 years of his life were spent growing up at the married workmen's camp at nearby Humbug Scrub, during the building of the South Para Reservoir. The Clothes-prop Ma was published in 2002, a collection of poetry celebrating the working-class lifestyles of the people who lived there. Read More Read Less