by Elizabeth Lhuede | Sep 6, 2023 | Essay
by Elizabeth Lhuede Another in our series of forgotten Australian women writers: Nancy Hannah Hogan (1873-1905) aka Julia Demos. As I compile the archives for works by early Australian women writers, I keep wondering about the factors which develop and sustain a...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | Aug 2, 2023 | Essay
by Elizabeth Lhuede Another in our series of forgotten Australian women writers. In 1907, The Catholic Press published the following column which referred to writers belonging to literary families: We have several examples in Australia of the Literary and artistic...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | Jul 5, 2023 | Essay
by Frances Gill Another in our series of lost or forgotten authors. Last month I attended a talk at the State Library of New South Wales entitled, “Tracing the life of a writer”. A panel hosted by Kate Evans, co-host of ABC’s weekly literary review program, consisted...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | Jun 7, 2023 | Essay
by Elizabeth Lhuede Another in our series of forgotten Australian women writers. Florence Baverstock, poet, short story writer, journalist and editor, was born Louisa Florence Blair in 1860. Her father, David Blair, emigrated to Australia from Ireland in 1850 and...
by Elizabeth Lhuede | May 3, 2023 | Essay
I don’t know how I came across the name of Norah Skeffington Carroll. At some point during my many excursions into Trove, her name was scrawled on the back of an envelope where I put my mug of tea. Perhaps I saw it in a contents list for The Observer (Adelaide), or...
