A tribute to Bryce Courtenay to which he reflects on his personal achievement as a novelist and thanks you for sharing his life stories.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard joined Mourners outside before the start of the Funeral of Author Bryce Courtenay at St Mark's Anglican church at Darling Point. Picture: John Appleyard Source: The Daily Telegraph
Portriat and wreath inside the church vestibule. Funeral of Author Bryce Courtenay at St Mark's Anglican church at Darling Point. Picture: John Appleyard Source: The Daily Telegraph
PRIME Minister Julia Gillard was the surprise special guest at the funeral of popular author Bryce Courtenay in Sydney today.
As a dozen security guards patrolled the perimeter of St Mark's Church Darling Point, the prime ministerial car deposited the PM to the back gate of the historic church as media personalities and publishing executives gathered around a bizarre centrepiece in the stone courtyard - a wheelbarrow full of garden produce - tomatoes, corn, eggplants - for a private farewell to an eccentric man regarded by some to as a national icon.
Courtenay's inspiration lives on following his death
Courtenay's funeral was held 13 days after the 79-year-old succumbed to stomach cancer.
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The delay, said some, was because he had privately hoped for a State funeral.
There wouldn't be many Australians who haven't picked up a Bryce Courtenay novel.
In the absence of one, the PM honoured the writer of The Power of One and The Potato Factory by attending.
Timeline: Bryce Courtenay's colourful life
Among the other 80 or so guests was, former Greens leader Bob Browne, TV personality Jennifer Byrne, the writer's wife Christine and two sons Adam and Brett.
Following the high noon funeral, Courtenay's body was to be transferred to an unspecified country location for burial.
Watch a video message recorded two weeks ago from the master story-teller Bryce Courtenay to his readers.
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