by Stories from the Archive | Nov 25, 2022 | Short story
by Elizabeth Charlotte Bingmann, aka E C Morrice (1851-1941) A “hoydenish” girl’s plans come awry when she tries to play matchmaker for her sister. Janet Arden laid down the “Sydney Mail” with a sigh. She had been looking at the illustrations of the...
by Stories from the Archive | Nov 18, 2022 | Article
By M. Preston Stanley Vaughan (1883-1955) The following piece appeared in 1934, the same year Millicent Preston Stanley married former South Australian Premier, Crawford Vaughan. THERE are some questions that cannot be answered by either an unqualified negative or an...
by Stories from the Archive | Nov 4, 2022 | fiction
by Evelyn Blackett (1863-1943) A young woman forgoes her chance of love for the sake of her family. An oppressively hot February afternoon, the air above lay still, and the earth seemed as silent and lifeless as if suddenly dispeopled and forgotten. The sea was at...
by Stories from the Archive | Oct 28, 2022 | Short story
by Capel Boake (1899-1944) In this short story, a wealthy young man meets, on a steamship trip from South Africa to Melbourne, a not so well-heeled young woman and her mother, who is ambitious for a good marriage for her daughter. He came in early that night after a...
by Stories from the Archive | Oct 21, 2022 | Short story
by Miles Franklin A square post, warped and darkened by weather and time, stands amongst the bushes, beside a great white road, which drops from view behind a broad, sweep pf western horizon. A big iguana blinks his eyes in the noonday glare, as he basks on the grey...
