Background
Forbes was born in Melbourne, but during his childhood his family lived in northern Queensland, Malaya and New Guinea.
Forbes was born in Melbourne, but during his childhood his family lived in northern Queensland, Malaya and New Guinea.
University of Sydney.
lieutenant was at this time that the work of the American poets Ted Berrigan, John Ashbery and Frank O"Hara made a strong and lasting impression on him. He returned to live in Melbourne in the late 1980s, where he became the poetry editor of Scripsi. Forbes died in Melbourne of a heart attack, aged 47.