Alice C. Tomholt, and “The uses of adversity”
by Whispering Gums A post in our series featuring works published in 1924 (or by authors who died in 1924). This post’s subject is a short story published in Melbourne’s The Weekly Times on 1 March 1924, by the Victorian born writer, Alice C Tomholt. Alice...
Alys Hungerford, Two simple letters (short fiction)
by Alys Hungerford (1857-1934) Introduction Alys Hungerford has been described variously as “the blind poetess” and “blind authoress and playwright”. Two sources give us insight into her life. The first is a piece by Lesley Abrahams, published...
Marion Simons, aka Stella Hope (et al)
by Whispering Gums A post in our series featuring works published in 1924 (or by authors who died in 1924). This post’s subject is a short column published in Adelaide’s Saturday Journal on 17 August 1924, by the South Australian born, Marion Simons, under...
Daisy Bates, 3,000 Miles in a Side-Saddle (story)
Today I detest even the picture of a Hereford cow. I loathe their white-washed faces, for I have ridden behind them, with eight of my own drovers, for six months, 1,000 miles as the route went but some 3,000 as I rode it
Jean Curlewis, The lonely lady (short story)
by Jean Curlewis (1898-1930) A maiden lady discovers a cure for loneliness. At the post-office Miss Eldridge felt suddenly even more lonely than usual. She collected the magazine which constituted her entire mail, and turned wistfully away from the little social...#AWW2025
