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'There is a general impression that the time has come when a first class weekly paper, in a form somewhat different from the weeklies now in circulation, would prove a success in Western Australia. Hitherto the weekly journals here have been but the Saturday or Wednesday issues of the dailies. This want of a weekly on a distinct footing, and acceptable to all sections of the population, the Proprietors of the West Australian have determined to endeavour to supply, by publishing every Saturday, a new paper to be called The Western Mail.
'The new journal will contain a re-print of so much of the week's news from West Australian as may be thought of general interest. In addition it will have Original Articles, Notes, and Essays on various subjects, following, indeed, in all respects the example of similar weeklies in Eastern Australasia. Great attention will be devoted to the Farm and Station, the fullest information being given on all Agricultural and Pastoral questions, Sporting items of all kinds will form a leading feature. In lighter departments, short Tales and serial Stories will appear in each issue. Wit and Humour, Riddles, and other amusing items of all kinds will find a place in its columns. In short it is trusted that what the Australian, Sydney Mail, Queenslander and Observer are to their respective colonies, The Western Mail may prove to Western Australia.’
Source: 'A New Weekly Journal.' Western Mail 19 December 1885: 3
Sighted: 19/11/2013
Contents
- Whom the Gods Love, single work short story (p. 28) Section: Our Novel
- Under the Southern Cross, single work short story (p. 41) Section: Our Novel
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The Waters of Marah,
single work
short story
(p. 49)
Note:
This issue was published on 19 December 1908 and contains Chapter 1-II of The Waters of Marah.
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The Waters of Marah,
single work
short story
(p. 49)
Note:
This issue was published on 19 December 1908 and contains Chapter III of The Waters of Marah.
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Where the Fairies Hidei"Gran says there's a land across the ocean",
single work
poetry
(p. 65)
Note:
This issue was published on 16 December 1911.
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A Perth Idyll,
single work
short story
(p. 68)
Section: The Storyteller
Note:
This issue was published on 7 January 1898 and contains Chapter I of The Perth Idyll.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Rescuing Reading : Strategies for Arresting the Decline of Reading in Western Australian Newspapers between the Wars
2014
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , October vol. 29 no. 3 2014; (p. 101-115) 'The purpose of this essay is to describe and interpret a cluster of three readerly 'entertainments' conducted in two Perth newspapers, The Western Mail and the est Australian, in the years 1929-1930, and to place them in contexts that enable us to understand them as calculated and connected interventions in a wider campaign of resistance to what was perceived as a decline in recreational reading in this period.' (Introduction, 101) -
Myths of Innocence and Experience
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: An Australian Compass : Essays on Place and Direction in Australian Literature 1991; (p. 75-87) Populous Places : Australian Cities and Towns 1992; (p. 238-253) - y The Gate of Dreams : The Western Mail Annuals, 1897-1955 Ffion Murphy (editor), Richard Nile (editor), Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1990 Z168499 1990 anthology poetry short story prose criticism
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Mates, Lovers and Companions
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Gate of Dreams : The Western Mail Annuals, 1897-1955 1990; (p. 151-154) -
Rest and Recreation
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Gate of Dreams : The Western Mail Annuals, 1897-1955 1990; (p. 120-122)
- y The Gate of Dreams : The Western Mail Annuals, 1897-1955 Ffion Murphy (editor), Richard Nile (editor), Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 1990 Z168499 1990 anthology poetry short story prose criticism
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Myths of Innocence and Experience
1991
single work
criticism
— Appears in: An Australian Compass : Essays on Place and Direction in Australian Literature 1991; (p. 75-87) Populous Places : Australian Cities and Towns 1992; (p. 238-253) -
The Gate of Dreams : The Western Mail Annuals, 1897-1955 : Introduction
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Gate of Dreams : The Western Mail Annuals, 1897-1955 1990; (p. 13-26) -
Conflict and Accommodation
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Gate of Dreams : The Western Mail Annuals, 1897-1955 1990; (p. 27-29) -
Immigration and Settlement
1990
single work
criticism
— Appears in: The Gate of Dreams : The Western Mail Annuals, 1897-1955 1990; (p. 62-64)
PeriodicalNewspaper Details
Christmas supplement (later Christmas or Annual) issue (also published each year from 1897). The annual was still published in 1955 and 1956, following the cessation of regular issues.
Other supplements: State Centenary no. 1929; Centenary of the West Australian (1933); Countryman's Magazine (vol. 1 no. 1 (18 August 1949) - vol. 2 no. 8 (9 April 1951)); Women's Magazine (21 March 1946 - 23 October 1947)
Has serialised
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Gentlemen of Crime,
single work
novel
crime
'[D]etectives with international reputations work with some of the most notorious criminals to unearth a gang of racketeers.'
Source:
'Equal to Edgar Wallace's Best', Advertiser, 9 August 1932, p.4.
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The 'Lady Macquarie' : The Story of a Very Curious Cruise,
single work
short story
Three men looking for a way to reach the new diggings in the Kimberley 'borrow' a boat in which to make the journey.
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The Log of the 'Blackbird' Schooner,
single work
novel
'The Log of the Blackbird Schooner' deals with life and adventure in Australia and the Sonth Seas, and introduces love-making and adventure in a very interesting way' ('News and Notes' Western Mail 11 August 1899, p.4 ).
- The Discovery of Christmas Reef, single work short story
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From Billabong to the War
From Billabong to London,
single work
children's fiction
children's
'On Billabong station Jim, now assistant to his father, breaks in a promising young colt, and with Norah and Wally, helps with the intricacies of hauling a large bullock from the depths of a mud hole. World War I is underway. Jim and Wally want to enlist. Mr. Linton needs to travel to London on family business so they all set sail on the Perseus, a huge ocean liner carrying produce to Europe, to involve themselves in the war effort. On board they observe black-out restrictions to avoid being detected at night by enemy destroyers and deal physically with a German spy. They have an all too interesting time during their stopover in Durban, South Africa. Then their ship is captured by an enemy warship and almost sunk before a dramatic rescue takes place, allowing them to eventually reach London safely where the boys enlist in the British Army. ' (Publication summary)