Mary House and “Better than that”

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...
Maud R Liston, Childhood Memories (poem)

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...
Nellie A Evans, “Triolets” (poem)

Nellie A Evans, “Triolets” (poem)

by Elizabeth Lhuede Another in our series of posts on authors with works published in 1924. One of six children, Nellie A Evans was born in the mid 1880s to a Mr William Evans, resident of “Roslyn”, in the Goulburn district of NSW. Nellie, along with her...
Beatrice Vale Bevan, Zingaro (poem)

Beatrice Vale Bevan, Zingaro (poem)

by Elizabeth Lhuede Another in our series of posts on authors with works published in 1924. Beatrice Bevan (née Vale) was born in Victoria in 1876, the daughter of W M K Vale, sometime Attorney-General of Victoria. In 1901, Beatrice married the Rev. Hopkin Llewellyn...