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...
by Stories from the Archive | Apr 15, 2022 | Essay
by Miles Franklin (1879-1954) Original 1945 introduction: “Dr. H. S. Conby, visiting U.S. literary figure, recently warned us that no nation without us own national literature can be understood by other peoples, nor can it even understand itself. In this article...
by Stories from the Archive | Apr 8, 2022 | Essay, Nonfiction extract
by Frances Emily Russell, writing as Mrs H. E. Russell Frances Emily Russell nee Robey (1846 to 1899) wrote novels as “Mrs H E Russell” and nonfiction columns as “Eucalypta”. In a rare essay published using her married name, she argues against...
