M Burkinshaw, Not An Ordinary Woman (short story)
A post in our 2025 series featuring works published in 1935 (or by authors who died in 1935). Today we’re featuring a short extract from Firestarters, a podcast by Francie Finn. Francie writes, “Firestarters explores the vibrant newspaper writing of...
Tarella Quin Daskein and “The camel”
by Whispering Gums A post in our 2025 series featuring works published in 1935 (or by authors who died in 1935). This post includes a story that was published in The Bulletin on 11 December 1935, and is by Tarella Daskein, née Tarella Quin. As with many of the...
Joan Marguerite Stevens and Evening at Scarborough (poem)
by Elizabeth Lhuede A post in our 2025 series featuring works published in 1935 (or by authors who died in 1935). Last year my colleague, Whispering Gums (WG), unravelled the mystery of “J. M. Stevens”. Stevens turned out to be not one person, but two, sisters Jane...
Gertrude Mack and “Feminism from a new angle”
by Whispering Gums A post in our 2025 series featuring works published in 1935 (or by authors who died in 1935). This post includes a column that was published in the Women’s Supplement of The Sydney Morning Herald on 14 March 1935, and is by Gertrude Mack, the...
Mary House and “Better than that”
by Elizabeth Lhuede A post in our 2025 series featuring works published in 1935 (or by authors who died in 1935). This post includes a poem by NSW-born Queensland poet, Mary House. Mary House (1875-1950) was a prolific poet, with the AustLit database listing 118 poems...
Nancy Francis and “The black snake”
by Whispering Gums A post in our 2025 series featuring works published in 1935 (or by authors who died in 1935). This post includes a short story that was published in The Cairns Post on 28 December 1935, and is by the English-born Nancy Francis....
Ivy Moore, “The Sea Gull” and “Rescued Blossoms”
by Elizabeth Lhuede A post in our 2025 series featuring works published in 1935 (or by authors who died in 1935). This post includes a poem and a short story by English-Born Australian, Ivy Moore. Ivy Moore was a prolific writer. Her output in 1935 alone comprised...
Ruby M. Doyle and “The flame”
by Whispering Gums A post in our 2025 series featuring works published in 1935 (or by authors who died in 1935). This post includes a short story that was published in the Sydney Mail on 24 July 1935, and is by Australian-born Ruby M. Doyle....
Australia’s Independent Woman, an Overview
In the 1960s, what is an Independent Woman was changed forever by ‘the pill’, which allowed women to enter marriage without the fear of endless pregnancies
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