What architectural landmark of australia was once described as six nuns in a rugby scrum?
The Sydney Opera House. Clive James described perfectly as, six nuns in a rugby scrum and on another occassion as a portable typewriter full of oyster shells. Clive James AM (born October 10, 1939) in Kogarah, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, is an expatriate Australian writer, poet, essayist, critic, and commentator on popular culture.