Jean Curlewis
by Debbie Robson. .. more than anything what I value now, looking back on each of the novels (wishing she hadn’t died so young) is the way Curlewis evokes place
‘Countless Flaming Eyes’: The Genius of Christina Stead
by Meg Brayshaw. .. she saw insistently, with the countless flaming eyes of her flesh, the inner life of these unfortunate women and girls, her acquaintance
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...
Louisa Lawson
“And why shouldn’t a woman be tall and strong?”
Disappointed in love: Forgotten Bulletin writer Ethel Mills
by Elizabeth Lhuede Rediscovering Ethel Margaret Mills (1870-1951), aka Ethel Mills Primrose – another of our forgotten Australian women writers. Some time ago, when mentioning literary families in Australia, I referred to the Mills sisters, Ethel and Mabel. The...
