by wadholloway | Jan 13, 2023 | Extracts
The editors educated women to understand that the unorganised woman worker was always at the mercy of the unscrupulous employer.
by Stories from the Archive | Dec 23, 2022 | Nonfiction extract
by April Hersey (1924-2020) On Wednesday, Bill discussed Kylie Tennant’s Ma Jones and the little white cannibals. The following extract is from of an article by April Hersey which was published in The bulletin in 1967. The piece gives an insight into...
by Stories from the Archive | Dec 16, 2022 | Nonfiction extract
by Mary Gaunt On Wednesday, Bronwyn continued her discussion of Mary Gaunt and her work, focusing on her travel writings of the 1910s. The following extract is from Gaunt’s memoir, Alone in West Africa. The context: Gaunt has sent a load of luggage ahead of the...
by wadholloway | Nov 11, 2022 | Extracts
by Anonymous. Sex is handled fearlessly and without explanation. In this respect the book may shock older generations. Nevertheless, there is no suspicion of nastiness.
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 | Sep 23, 2022 | Extracts, Nonfiction extract
By Ernestine Hill (1899-1972) For her journalistic piece, “The Strange Case of Mrs Widgety” (1933), Ernestine Hill travelled to the Flinders Ranges, South Australia, and interviewed Mrs Becky Forbes, an English woman who emigrated to Australia and married...