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
Maud R Liston, Childhood Memories (poem)
Another in our series of posts on authors with works published in 1924. A prolific verse-maker, Maud Renner Liston was born in Adelaide in 1875, the fourth of seven children of William Liston and Marion J Liston of Kapunda and Westbourne Park. Her work began appearing...
Dulcie Deamer and “Fancy Dress”
by Whispering Gums A post in our series featuring works published in 1924 (or by authors who died in 1924). This post is an article that was published in The Daily Mail on 12 July 1924, and is by the New Zealand-born Dulcie Deamer....
AWW Generation 3, 1920 – 1960 (list)
An annotated list of Australian women writers who began writing after WWI, during the Depression, and up to the end of the fifties/early sixties
Eve Langley
You ask … are we masquerading as boys. No, we are masquerading as life. We are in search of a country … the promised land
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