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Issue Details: First known date: 1987... 1987 From the Verandah : Stories of Love and Landscape by Nineteenth Century Australian Women
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Notes

  • Dedication: For my mother, Patricia Giles, and my friend, Irene Greenwood
  • Epigraph: She liked to see what was going on; and she said that in Australia most things happened on verandahs. This particular one had been planned and built in early pioneering days, and had, no doubt, seen many ups and downs of varied incident... / Ethel Mills 'A Box of Dead Roses'

Contents

* Contents derived from the Fitzroy, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,:McPhee Gribble ,Penguin , 1987 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Introduction, Fiona Giles , single work prose (p. 1-11)
Monsieur Caloche, Tasma , single work short story satire
A Frenchman seeks work and ends up at a cattle station, where he has trouble settling into his new role. 
(p. 11-26)
The Bunyip, Rosa Praed , single work short story
A story about a group of men camping near a creek who begin telling ghost stories and get onto the topic of the bunyip - an uncanny creature said to live in lagoons and possess a supernatural influence over its victims. At hearing a strange cry from the bush, they become convinced it's the bunyip and set off to discover it. Instead they find the body of a young girl from a nearby town with a snake twined round her (supposedly it is this which killed her). However, the young girl has been dead for some hours and they don't believe she died from a snake bite, leading them to question whether the cry was the bunyip after all.  
(p. 27-35)
The Ghost of Wanganilla : Founded on Fact, Mrs Chads , single work short story (p. 36-43)
My Neighbour's Mystery, Ellen Liston , single work short story (p. 44-49)
The Spider and the Fly, Waif Wander , single work short story satire
On the fifty female applicants for a position of trust and the man who interviewed them at a Melbourne hotel. (PB)
(p. 53-60)
The Rubria Ghost, Tasma , single work short story (p. 61-70)
Old Shilling's Bush Wedding, Rosa Praed , single work short story (p. 71-76)
The Carrying of the Baby, Ethel Turner , single work short story (p. 77-80)
Alick Trelawny: Or Our Selector, Flora Beatrice , single work short story (p. 81-88)
A Sweet Day, Ada Cambridge , single work short story (p. 91-104)
Cousin Lucy's Story, Ellen Liston , single work short story (p. 105-115)
A Romance of Coma, Mura Leigh , single work short story romance (p. 116-124)
Lilian, Ellen Clacy , single work short story (p. 125-131)
Doctor, Ellen Liston , single work short story (p. 132-141)
Products, Pistachio , single work short story (p. 145-149)
Note: Published under the name A. Rose-Soley.
His Luck, Lala Fisher , single work short story (p. 150-154)
The Bond, Louise Mack , single work short story romance (p. 155-159)
A Dreamer, Barbara Baynton , single work short story (p. 160-166)
A Box of Dead Roses, Ethel Mills , single work short story (p. 169-172)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Fitzroy, Fitzroy - Collingwood area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Ringwood, Ringwood - Croydon - Kilsyth area, Melbourne - East, Melbourne, Victoria,: McPhee Gribble ; Penguin , 1987 .
      Extent: 226p.
      Note/s:
      • Contains biographical notes on the contributors.
      • Includes bibliography (pp. 225-226).
      ISBN: 0140108653 (pbk)

Works about this Work

Untitled Geraldine Stoneham , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Studies , December no. 3 1989; (p. 109-112)

— Review of From the Verandah : Stories of Love and Landscape by Nineteenth Century Australian Women 1987 anthology short story extract
Jumping Off the Verandah Susan K. Martin , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Antithesis , vol. 3 no. 1 1989; (p. 133-135)

— Review of From the Verandah : Stories of Love and Landscape by Nineteenth Century Australian Women 1987 anthology short story extract
Flavour, Feminists, Footie and Feeling Sean Sennett , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , January vol. 7 no. 4 1989; (p. 67-68)

— Review of Shabbytown Calendar Thomas Shapcott , 1975 selected work poetry ; Keep It Quiet Pamela Brown , 1987 selected work short story prose ; From the Verandah : Stories of Love and Landscape by Nineteenth Century Australian Women 1987 anthology short story extract ; Your Hills Are Too High : An Australian Childhood Roslyn Taylor , 1986 single work autobiography ; Up on the Sun G. P. Shera , Gerard Lee , Stephen Hollingsworth , Mary Roberts , Christine Brown , 1986 anthology short story ; Rain Susan Afterman , 1987 selected work poetry ; The Dying Peg Job , 1986 single work novel
Voices from Our Literary Past Liz Byrski (interviewer), 1988 single work criticism interview
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 March 1988; (p. 8)
Untitled Veronica Sen , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 March 1988; (p. B5)

— Review of From the Verandah : Stories of Love and Landscape by Nineteenth Century Australian Women 1987 anthology short story extract
Contrasts for Christmas : A Selection of Goodies Margot Luke , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: Fremantle Arts Review , December vol. 2 no. 12 1987; (p. 14-15)

— Review of Dislocations Janette Turner Hospital , 1986 selected work short story ; From the Verandah : Stories of Love and Landscape by Nineteenth Century Australian Women 1987 anthology short story extract ; The Estuary Georgia Savage , 1987 single work novel ; Kisses of the Enemy Rodney Hall , 1987 single work novel ; Women on Men 1987 selected work interview ; The War Despatches of Kenneth Slessor : Official Australian Correspondent 1940-1944 Kenneth Slessor , 1987 single work correspondence
Flavour, Feminists, Footie and Feeling Sean Sennett , 1989 single work review
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , January vol. 7 no. 4 1989; (p. 67-68)

— Review of Shabbytown Calendar Thomas Shapcott , 1975 selected work poetry ; Keep It Quiet Pamela Brown , 1987 selected work short story prose ; From the Verandah : Stories of Love and Landscape by Nineteenth Century Australian Women 1987 anthology short story extract ; Your Hills Are Too High : An Australian Childhood Roslyn Taylor , 1986 single work autobiography ; Up on the Sun G. P. Shera , Gerard Lee , Stephen Hollingsworth , Mary Roberts , Christine Brown , 1986 anthology short story ; Rain Susan Afterman , 1987 selected work poetry ; The Dying Peg Job , 1986 single work novel
Untitled Nancy Phelan , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 26 December 1987;

— Review of From the Verandah : Stories of Love and Landscape by Nineteenth Century Australian Women 1987 anthology short story extract
Tales From a Parade of Ghosts Carmel Bird , 1987 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 14 November 1987; (p. 16)

— Review of From the Verandah : Stories of Love and Landscape by Nineteenth Century Australian Women 1987 anthology short story extract
Inside Stories Anna Funder , 1988 single work review
— Appears in: The Age Monthly Review , November 1988; (p. 9-10)

— Review of From the Verandah : Stories of Love and Landscape by Nineteenth Century Australian Women 1987 anthology short story extract
Voices from Our Literary Past Liz Byrski (interviewer), 1988 single work criticism interview
— Appears in: The Australian , 30 March 1988; (p. 8)
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