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Issue Details:
First known date:
1927...
vol.
3
no.
30
21 June
1927
of
The Australian Woman's Mirror
est. 1924-1961
The Australian Woman's Mirror
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Notes
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Contains the eighth instalment of Rosemary Rees' Life's What You Make It, p. 4
Contents
* Contents derived from the 1927 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
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The Half-Way Girl,
single work
short story
(p. 6, 56)Every day a girl waits at her front gate to give a bus driver a bottle of beer. She is infatuated with him, but he seems oblivious to her.
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The Last Flash,
single work
short story
(p. 7, 52 - 53)When an acquaintance runs away with his young lover, a wife begins to wonder what her husband does when he is away from her at work. She starts spying on him and her worst fears seem to be confirmed.
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'Mary Had a Little Lamb' : The Original Mary Interviewed,
single work
column
(p. 8)
An interview with Mary Hughes (nee Thomas), allegedly the subject of the nursery rhyme 'Mary Had a Little Lamb', written by a Miss Jane Burl in 1847. Mary lived on a farm in the Vale of Llangollen in North Wales and assisted her father with orphan lambs, which often became her pets. The lamb which followed her to school was named Billy. She was seven years old at the time.
Darlington disputes the U. S. claim that the poem was written by the poet Horatio Hale in 1890 about a Miss Mary Sawyer.
- The Promisei"Worn, as by famine, I shall come,", single work poetry (p. 14)
- The Way of Iti"Oh, when this wrought-gold sandglass that is ours,", single work poetry (p. 15)
- Baby Joani"New-budding baby flower", single work poetry (p. 16)
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