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Miles Franklin, Alice Henry (newspaper story)

Miles Franklin, Alice Henry (newspaper story)

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.

April Hersey, Back to the battling (nonfiction extract)

April Hersey, Back to the battling (nonfiction extract)

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...
Mary Gaunt, Alone in West Africa (nonfiction extract)

Mary Gaunt, Alone in West Africa (nonfiction extract)

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...
Slow Dawning (newspaper review)

Slow Dawning (newspaper review)

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.

Evelyn Blackett, “For the Sake of Scalby” (fiction extract)

Evelyn Blackett, “For the Sake of Scalby” (fiction extract)

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...
Ernestine Hill, “The Strange Case of Mrs Widgety” (nonfiction extract)

Ernestine Hill, “The Strange Case of Mrs Widgety” (nonfiction extract)

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...
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