by Stories from the Archive | May 20, 2022 | Short story
by Mary Gaunt (1861-1942) After braving the dual peril of floods and bushrangers, rural women face a moral dilemma. Gaunt’s short story, “Quits”, was first published in Windsor Magazine in Dec 1898 and reprinted in The Broad Arrow Standard in...
by Stories from the Archive | May 13, 2022 | Nonfiction extract
by Mrs Langloh Parker Barbarians did the dreaming of the world, poetry arose in their fancies, and poetry, in spite of facts and science, resolutely refuses to ‘follow darkness like a dream.’ Mrs. Parker’s collection demonstrates that, amongst the...
by Stories from the Archive | May 6, 2022 | Short story
by Isabel Grant (c1870-1952) A “pre-millennial” horror story by Isabel Grant, published in 1909. A “new-chum” Scottish nurse working in a mental asylum keeps her cool when a patient suffering from religious mania threatens to wreak destruction....
by Stories from the Archive | Apr 29, 2022 | Essay
by Louisa Atkinson On Wednesday Sue from Whispering Gums discussed Louisa Atkinson’s pioneering nature journalism. The following is Sue’s selection from the series by Atkinson, “A Voice From the Country”. IT was a bright pleasant day when we...
by Stories from the Archive | Apr 22, 2022 | Essay
Katharine Susannah Prichard (1883-1969) The following unattributed editorial, Working Women of Note 1: Katharine Susannah Prichard”, appeared in the Workers’ Star in 1939. On a pleasant sunny day I met Katharine Susannah Prichard. She was seated at the...
