Jessie Urquhart, the jail governor’s daughter

Jessie Urquhart, the jail governor’s daughter

by Elizabeth Lhuede Rediscovering Jessie Urquhart (1890-1948), another of our forgotten Australian women writers. In 1935, Zora Cross published an article, “Australian women who write”, in which she refers to many whose names will be familiar to readers of Australian...
The ink-quester: Nancy Hogan (essay)

The ink-quester: Nancy Hogan (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...
The poet of Kiama: May Kendall (essay)

The poet of Kiama: May Kendall (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...
The ink-quester: Nancy Hogan (essay)

Learned spinster: Frances Tyrell Gill (article)

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...