Catherine Helen Spence
a member of a church which allows women to speak in the pulpit, a citizen of a State which gives womanhood a vote for the Assembly, a citizen of a Commonwealth which fully enfranchises me for both Senate and Representatives
Catherine Helen Spence, Clara Morison (extract)
by Catherine Helen Spence (1825-1910). There had been for some months, as has already been hinted, a stagnation of business, and a great want of money in South Australia
Ernestine Hill, “The Strange Case of Mrs Widgety” (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...
Catherine Helen Spence, Mr Hogarth’s Will (review)
by Emma|Book Around the Corner: Catherine Helen Spence (1825-1910). Australian Social and Political Reformer, Writer and Teacher who worked for Children
More wild places: South Australia, Tasmania and Suburbia
In my last post I commented on far-flung settings. For this catch-up, we continue that theme, with one book set in a coastal town of South Australia and two others set off the coast of Tasmania. Amanda Ortlepp’s Running Against the Tide, has been well-reviewed...#AWW2025
