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Mary E. Wilkinson Mary E. Wilkinson i(A29515 works by) (a.k.a. Mary Elizabeth Wilkinson; Mary Elizabeth Osborne; Mrs. A. W. Osborne; M. E. Wilkinson)
Also writes as: M E W
Born: Established: 1877 Geelong, Geelong City - Geelong East area, Geelong area, Geelong - Terang - Lake Bolac area, Victoria, ; Died: Ceased: 1971 Melbourne, Victoria,
Gender: Female
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1 1 y separately published work icon Playing the Past : Three Plays by Australian Women Catherine Shepherd , Mary E. Wilkinson , Betty Roland , Kerry Kilner (editor), Sue Tweg (editor), Paddington : Currency Press National Centre for Australian Studies, Monash University , 1995 Z257882 1995 selected work drama
1 The Old Spirit Mary E. Wilkinson , 1934 single work short story
— Appears in: Centenary Gift Book 1934; (p. 53-57)
1 3 The Lighthouse Keeper's Wife Mary E. Wilkinson , 1922 single work drama
— Appears in: Art and Letters : Hassell's Australian Miscellany 1922; (p. 35-38) Playing the Past : Three Plays by Australian Women 1995; (p. 19-29)

Set on a stretch of rocky beach on an island off the north-west coast of Australia this one-act has two characters.

Mrs Boake, alone on an island lighthouse, recalls the death of her daughters as an Act of God. In the maudlin, sentimental simplicity of a mentally low old lady, she sings 'Abide With Me' as she reminisces. Her husband is gone to the mainland with two small pearls they have found. Parkson, a criminal, comes to frighten her into disclosing where the hoard is hidden, having heard of the pearls before Boake, inebriated, is knocked down and killed on the mainland. Her simplicity is her strength and Parkson cannot pierce her armour. She steadfastly holds to her assertion that there are no other pearls. She is shocked when he tells her of her husband's death, but refuses to leave the island with him and as he rows away she is heard singing 'Abide With Me'.

Abstract adapted fromThe Campbell Howard Annotated Index of Australian Plays 1920-1955.
1 Aftermath i "Why, what a pleasant room, and what a view", Mary E. Wilkinson , 1921 single work poetry
— Appears in: Birth : A Little Journal of Australian Poetry , June vol. 5 no. 55 1921; (p. 52-53)
1 Some Australian Women Poets Mary E. Wilkinson , 1921 single work criticism
— Appears in: Corroboree : The Journal of the Australian Literature Society , November vol. 1 no. 2 1921; (p. 4-6)
1 3 y separately published work icon Love Poems Mary E. Wilkinson , Melbourne : Whitcombe and Tombs , 1920 Z924470 1920 anthology poetry
1 3 y separately published work icon Nature Poems Mary E. Wilkinson (editor), Melbourne : Whitcombe and Tombs , 1920 Z57690 1920 anthology poetry
1 5 y separately published work icon Poems of Manhood Mary E. Wilkinson , Melbourne : Whitcombe and Tombs , 1919 Z250896 1919 anthology poetry
1 The Wedding of Marjorie Mary E. Wilkinson , 1916 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australasian , 19 February vol. 100 no. 2603 1916; (p. 377-378)
1 The Optimist Mary E. Wilkinson , 1914 single work short story
— Appears in: The Australasian , 21 March vol. 96 no. 2503 1914; (p. 675)
1 y separately published work icon Via Pacis i "The day was new. Scarce had the rising sun", Mary E. Wilkinson , Geelong : Henwood and Dancey , 1908 Z1475974 1908 single work poetry
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