by Stories from the Archive | Oct 14, 2022 | Short story
by Lesbia Keogh (1891-1927) The following short story, written by Lesbia Vennor Harford (née Keogh), was written when the author was only 11 years old. “Angel, darling, you must play outside this afternoon.” The child at the door of the homestead, with its great cool...
by Stories from the Archive | Oct 7, 2022 | Short story
by Jessie Maria Goldney (1849-1923) A young woman, the “flower” of her village, falls for the wastrel brother of a school friend. It was on a bright clear spring afternoon, when the birds were warbling sweetly amongst the green trees, and the flowers and...
by Stories from the Archive | Sep 30, 2022 | Short story
by Capel Boake [Doris Boake Kerr] (1899-1944) A young woman suffering a betrayal lends a helping hand to a neighbour in need. (This short story appeared in The Australasian in 1926.) The young man in the next room coughed — a hard, racking cough that seemed to tear...
by Stories from the Archive | Sep 16, 2022 | Short story
by Mrs Campbell Praed (1851-1935) There is a great lake in one of the inland districts of Northern Australia. It is closed in by green ranges, which slope down to a beach of silvery sand. It has no outlet for its waters, which are salt as the sea. Pelicans and wild...
by Stories from the Archive | Sep 9, 2022 | Short story
by R McKay Tully Having given up working the land after many years of drought, a man loses his way in the outback. This short story first appeared in 1903 in The Dawn. “High noon, not a cloud in the sky,” quoted Ted Morris as he staggered out of the dense scrub...
by Stories from the Archive | Aug 5, 2022 | Short story
by Netta Walker (1868-1942) What does it matter for one soul more, Millions of souls have been lost before. —A. Lindsay Gordon. Through the drizzling rain along a dark and friendless road a woman journeyed, clasping in her cold and aching arms a frail human atom. She...
