Louisa Lawson, A General Servant (story, part 1/2)
I’VE got it,” exclaimed Mary, excitedly flourishing the letter she had been reading. “Got what?” questioned her mother. “The situation !”
Bertha Lawson, My Henry Lawson (review)
He had his happy times and I think those periods were usually associated with absolute freedom from responsibility and full expression of his genius. He hated to be tied down
Ethel Mills, The Chee child (1905, short story)
by Ethel Mills Primrose (1870-1951) “The Chee child: a story for children” first appeared as “The China child” in 1902, and was revised and reprinted under a different title in 1905 in Pall Mall magazine. The Pall Mall version is reprinted here, not only...
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...
Christina Stead, Ocean of story (nonfiction extract)
by Christina Stead (1902-1983) On Wednesday we published a review of Stead’s nonfiction piece, “Ocean of story”, the first in a collection with the same title published posthumously in 1986. (As Stead’s work is still in copyright, it can only...
Christina Stead, Ocean of story (Review)
by Whispering Gums Another post on a piece from the collection of Christina Stead stories, Ocean of Story. Ocean of story: The uncollected stories of Christina Stead is a posthumous collection put together by R.G. Geering, who was a teacher, academic, and, most...
Kay Keavney, Christina Stead (interview extract)
by Kay Keavney (1921-1989) “Working at white heat, 20,000 words a day can pour from her pen, yet the last thing on her mind is publication. This notable Australian writes because it is in her. Now returned from abroad she granted KAY KEAVNEY one of her rare...
Christina Stead, A Waker and Dreamer (review)
“David’s appearance of whiteness, fairness, dazzled himself.” He was so sure of his own rightness that anyone who opposed him must therefore be evil.
Agnes Murphy, One woman’s wisdom (fiction extract)
by Agnes Murphy (1865-1931) The opening chapter of Agnes Murphy’s only novel, One woman’s wisdom, following Teresa Pitt’s review which appeared on Wednesday. Book 1, Chapter 1 The smoke curled lazily above the thatched roof of a cottage of poor...
