[1] After the family moved to Australia, grew up in Broken Hill, Traralgon, Perth, and Adelaide.
He was an English lecturer at ANU, and was a cultural counsellor for the Australian Embassy in Beijing from 1987 to 1990.
[4] Jose has written widely on contemporary art and literature from Asia and the Pacific.
[2] He has also written short stories, novels, and a book on English literature, based on as his doctoral thesis.
He wrote Paper Nautilus and Avenue of Eternal Peace while living in Italy and China.